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FIRST  BATTALION  PENNSYLVANIA  SIX 
MONTHS  VOLUNTEERS 


AND 


157th  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry 


Six  Months 


AND 

Three  Years  Service 
CIVIL  WAR 

1865  -  1865 

Compiled  by  James  M.  Gibbs,  Vice  President  Survivors'  Association 

One  Hundred  and  Eighty-Seventh  Regiment  Pennsylvania 

Volunteer    Infantry,    Harrisburg,    Penn'a. 

1905 


Harrisburg,  Pa.: 

Central  Printing  and  Publishing  House, 
1905. 


AUTHORIZATION 


Authority  for  the  publication  of  the  History  of  the  i87th 
Regiment.  At  the  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Survivors'  Asso 
ciation  of  the  Regiment,  held  at  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  September  7, 
1904,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  officers  of  the  Association  be  authorized 
to  prepare  a  suitable  History  of  the  iS/th  Regiment,  and  that  the 
members  of  the  Association  be  requested  to  help  them  by  fur 
nishing  such  historical  data  and  incidents  that  they  may  have  in 
their  possession.  Motion  carried. 

We  the  undersigned  officers  of  the  Survivors'  Association  of 
the  i87th  Regiment,  P.  V.  I.,  have  examined  the  History  of  the 
Regiment,  prepared  by  James  M.  Gibbs,  Vice  President  of  the  As 
sociation,  and  we  have  found  it  historically  correct  and  accurate. 

WILUAM  A.  STONE, 
President  of  the  Association. 

JONATHAN  JESSUP, 
Secretary  of  the  Association. 

F.  K.  PLOVER, 
Treasurer  of  the  Association. 


J 8 8242 


TO  THE  LIVING  OF  THE  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  EIGHTY- 
SEVENTH  REGIMENT  PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEERS  AND 
TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  ITS  MANY  GALLANT  DEAD,  THIS 
VOLUME  IS  DEDICATED 


PREFACE 

This  volume  contains  the  history  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-seventh  Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

This  work  needs  no  apology.  It  contains  no  wonderful  ex 
ploit  ;  but  a  simple  story  of  the  service  of  the  Regiment,  which  has 
been  written  with  but  one  end  in  view,  that  is  to  do  justice  to  all. 
No  doubt,  many  other  Regiments  performed  more  brilliant  ser 
vice  ;  but  none  bore  more  faithful  allegiance  to  the  great  cause  of 
the  Constitution  and  the  Union.  In  the  qualities  that  make  good 
soldiers — discipline,  respect  for  superiors,  perfection  in  drill, 
cleanliness,  steadiness  under  fire,  freedom  from  pillage,  and  manly 
endurance,  under  all  the  trying  vicissitudes  of  war — the  men  of 
the  i87th  Pennsylvania  Regiment  had  no  superiors. 

This  work  has  been  made  up  from  the  diaries  of  the  follow 
ing  members  of  the  Regiment :  Captain  John  E.  Reilly,  Lieuten 
ant  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz  and  Frederick  K.  Ployer,  and  from  the 
personal  recollections  of  the  writer. 

We  have  also  consulted  Bates'  History  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers  and  the  History  of  the  isoth  Regiment  P.  V.,  which 
was  attached  to  the  same  Brigade. 

We  are  also  under  obligation  to  Major  George  W.  Merrick, 
Lieutenant  Frank  J.  Deemer  and  Lieutenant  Jonathan  J.  Jessup 
for  valuable  assistance.  THE:  AUTHOR. 


GENERAL  INDEX 


List  of  Illustrations,   14 

CHAPTER  I. 

The  story  of  the  First  Battalion  Pennsylvania  Six  Months'  Vol 
unteers — Lee's  invasion  of  Pennsylvania — The  formation 
of  the  Departments  of  Monongahela  and  Susquehanna. 
Governor  Curtin's  Proclamation — Formation  of  the  Bat 
talion  ;  its  service  in  Pennsylvania — Muster  out,  January 
9,  1864,  17 

CHAPTER  II. 

Roster  of  the  First  Battalion — Field  and  Staff  Officers — Company 
A,  Captain  George  W.  Merrick;  Company  B,  Captain 
David  Z.  Seip;  Company  C,  Captain  John  R.  Miles,. .  21 


CHAPTER  III. 

Company  D,  Captain  William  Young;  Company  E,  Captain  Wil 
liam  D.  Snow ;  Company  F,  Captain  Joseph  A.  Ege ;  Com 
pany  G,  Lieutenant  Samuel  Boyd,  41 

CHAPTER  IV. 

"A  Roll  of  Honor"— A  Roll  of  the  members  of  the  Regiment, 
killed  in  battle  and  those  who  died  from  wounds  and 
disease,  67 

CHAPTER  V. 

The  1 87th  Regiment — Its  formation — Enlistment  of  Companies 
A,  B,  C,  D,  E  and  F— General  Order,  No.  20— Department 
of  the  Susquehanna — Organization  of  Companies  G,  H, 
I,  K — The  assembling  at  Harrisburg,  May  17,  1864,  .  .  77 


8  GENERAL   INDEX 

CHAPTER  VI. 

May  I9th,  leaving  Harrisburg;  arriving  at  Baltimore — Leaving 
Baltimore,  arrival  at  Washington — Leaving  Washington 
for  Arlington  Heights — Leaving  Arlington,  May  26th,  for 
Alexandria — Embarking  on  transports — Down  the  Po 
tomac  and  up  the  Rappahannock,  to  Port  Royal, 79 

CHAPTER  VII. 

Arrival  at  Port  Royal,  May  2Qth — Left  Port  Royal  May  3ist — 
Bowling  Green — Mosby's  Guerillas — Mattapony  river — 
Picket  firing  at  night — March  resumed  on  the  2nd ;  Com 
panies  A  and  B  thrown  out  as  skirmishers — Joined  by  the 
Second  Pennsylvania  Heavy  Artillery  and  Twenty-first 
Cavalry — Beulah  Church — Elliottville — Pawmunky  River 
—Arrival  at  Cold  Harbor,  81 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

Sunday,  June  5th,  marched  all  day — Mechanicsville — Shady 
Grove  Church — Chickahominy  River — Under  fire  at  Cold 
Harbor — Assigned  to  the  First  Brigade,  First  Division, 
Fifth  Army  Corps — On  the  North  bank  of  the  Chicka 
hominy  river — Bottom  Bridge — June  I2th,  on  the  picket 
line — Cross  the  Chickahominy  near  Long's  Bridge — White 
Oak  Swamp — Charles  City  Court  House — Crossing  the 
James  River — The  march  to  Petersburg, 85 

CHAPTER  IX. 

In  front  of  Petersburg,  June  I7th — In  support  of  the  Ninth  Corps 
—The  First  baptism  of  blood — Death  of  Theodore  Boyles 
and  A.  A.  Wolf,  of  Company  D — Moving  into  position — 
The  bugle  call  at  3  p.  m. — The  terrible  charge  on  "Rives 
Salient" — The  story  of  the  charge  by  Captain  John  E. 
Reilly— Description  of  the  fight  by  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Thomas  Chamberlain,  i5Oth  P.  V., 93 


GENERAL   INDEX  9 

CHAPTER  X. 

The  battles  of  the  trenches — Jerusalem  Plank  Road — Working  on 
the  entrenchments  all  night — Wounding  of  Captain  George 
G.  Lovett,  of  Company  K,  and  Sergeant  William  D.  Rit- 
ner,  of  Company  D,  by  Confederate  Sharp  Shooters — 
Wounding  of  John  E.  Roberts,  by  a  piece  of  shell  while 
at  work  on  Fort  Hell — Blowing  up  of  Fort  by  the  Ninth 
Corps,  103 

CHAPTER  XL 

The  movement  to  the  Weldon  railroad — Tearing  up  the  road  at 
the  Yellow  House — The  movement  to  the  right  in  support 
of  the  First  Michigan — Moving  into  position — Loss  of 
several  men  of  Company  D — In  water  all  night — Cor 
poral  William  A.  Stone  and  several  members  of  Company 
A  close  up  a  gap  in  the  breastworks — Major  Hooper,  of 
the  First  Michigan,  describes  the  fight  on  the  picket  line, 
the  night  of  August  2Oth,  and  morning  of  2ist — Sunday 
morning,  August  2ist,  by  Captain  John  E.  Reilly — Cap 
ture  of  Confederate  flags  and  prisoners — Shooting  of  Cap 
tain  Daily,  by  Confederate  General  Haygood — Movement 
to  the  left  flank — Fortifying  the  line  at  White  Farm, .  .  115 

CHAPTER  XII. 

The  fight  at  Ream's  Station — Building  of  Fort  White — Move 
ment  to  Vaughn's  road,  September  i5-i6th, 126 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

Transferred  to  the  Department  of  Pennsylvania — Farewell  to 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac — March  to  City  Point — Em 
barked  on  transport  for  Washington — By  rail  to  Philadel 
phia — Arrival  there  September  27th — Breakfast  at  the 
Union  Volunteer  Refreshment  Saloon — March  to  Camp 
Cadwallader,  127 


10  GENERAL   INDEX 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

Funeral  of  Abraham  Lincoln — Meeting  the  remains  at  the  P.  W. 
and  B.  depot — Escorting  them  to  Independence  Hall — On 
duty  there  all  day  Sunday — The  march  to  the  New  York 
depot  on  Monday  morning, 135 

CHAPTER  XV. 

The  Regiment  on  duty  in  Pennsylvania — Special  Order  No.  81 — 
The  march  to  Spring  Mills — Ordered  to  Harrisburg — 
Mustered  out  August  3,  1865, 139 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

Inauguration  of  Governor  William  A.  Stone — Formation  of  the 
Survivors'  Association — Addresses  of  James  M.  Gibbs  and 
Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz — Roll  of  the  members  of  the  Regi 
ment  present  at  the  Inauguration, 143 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

Second  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Association  at  Gettysburg,  June  5, 
1900 — Address  of  Hon.  William  A.  Stone, 165 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

Camp-fire  at  the  Third  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Association  at 
Gettysburg — Address  of  Major  George  W.  Merrick,  177 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

Camp-fire  at  the  Fourth  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Association  at 
Gettysburg,  June  3,  1902— Speech  of  Captain  George  G. 
Lovett,  of  Company  K,  and  Comrade  Frances  M.  Stoke, 
of  Company  D, jgq 


GENERAL,   INDEX  II 

CHAPTER  XX. 

Camp-fire  at  the  Sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association,  at 
Wellsboro,  Pa.,  September  7,  1904 — Addresses  made  by 
Comrades  Lewis  RodenhofTer,  Company  F;  Frederick  K. 
Ployer,  Company  D;  Captain  Ransford  B.  Webb,  Com 
pany  I,  and  Henry  M.  Foot,  Company  A, 197 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
Bill  Blain  and  his  mule, 213 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

A  complete  Roster  of  the  Officers  of  the  Regiment — Roll  of  the 
members  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  P.  V.  L,  living  thirty-nine 
years  after  muster  out  of  service, 219 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

Roster  of  the  Feild  and  Staff  Officers— Companies  A,  B,  C,  D,  E, 
F,  G,  H,  I  and  K, 235 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


Abraham   Lincoln,    Frontispiece 

GENERAL;.  Page. 

A.  G.  Curtin,   17 

U.  S.  Grant,  19 

General  George  G.  Meade, 33 

General  G.  K.  Warren, 35 

General  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain, 53 

Line  of  March  to  Cold  Harbor,   81 

Chicohominy    Swamp,    84 

Nice  Day  on  Picket,   88 

Map  Siege  of  Petersburg,   92 

Tearing  up  Weldon  Railroad,  114 

Union  Volunteer  Refreshment  Saloon, 127 

Camp    Cadwallader,    129 

Lincoln's    Hearse,    135 

Bill  Blain's  Mule,   213,  218 

FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

Colonel  John  E.  Parsons, 54 

Lieutentant  Colonel  Joseph  A.  Ege,  54 

Major  George  W.  Merrick, 55,  74 

Major  David  Z.   Seip,    56 

Major  William  J.  Robinson,   56 

Surgeon  John  C.  Fruit,   56 

Quartermaster  Matthew  H.  McCall,   73 

Adjutant  Jerome  W.  Henry,   73 

Hospital  Steward  George  W.  Kennedy,  73 

Assistant  Surgeon  W.  W.  Webb,  74 

Assistant  Surgeon  James  T.  Mahon, 74 

Assistant  Surgeon  Theodore  Jacobs,   74 


LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS  13 

COMPANY  A.  Page. 

Captain  Morgan  Hart,   75 

Lieutenant  Timothy  B.  Culver,   75 

Lieutenant  William  A.   Stone,    76 

Corporal  William  A.  Stone, 76 

Corporal  John  Henry,    75 

Corporal  Henry  M.  Foot,    109 

Philander    Bockus,    75 

Samuel  S.   Steel,    no 

Reuben  H.  Steel,   no 

William  E.  Dales,   no 

Wesley  Saxbury,    no 

Robert  Francis, no 

COMPANY  B. 

Captain  Samuel  J.  Adams,    112 

Lieutenant  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz,   (two),   112 

Lieutenant  Jonathan  J.  Jessup,   130 

Corporal  George  K.  Grove,  112 

Musician  Wilmot  Ayres,    112 

Corporal  Lewis  Milner,    131 

Corporal  John  J.  Hess,  131 

Henry  Gable,    131 

Walter  R.  Ruby,   131 

Joseph  W.  Campbell,   132 

Milton  B.  Reynolds,    132 

William  H.  Hamilton,    132 

Otto    Steininger,    149 

George  Berkheimer,    149 

COMPANY  C. 

Captain  William  Young,    150 

Lieutenant  James  Johnson,    150 

Lieutenant  Orville  D.  Harder,   151 

Sergeant  A.  B.  Patton, 150 

Corporal  William  E.  Mohr, 150 


14  LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 

Page. 

Charles  P.  Harder,   151 

John  H.  Harder,   151 

James  M.  Gibbs  (two),  152 

David  H.  Rank,  169 

Arthur  F.  Ahvard,    169 

John  Waldron, 169 

John  E.  Roberts  and  John  Sechler, 169 

Albert  Werkheiser,    170 

William    Bryant,    170 

John  Sechler,    170 

William  Nash,    170 

Peter  M.  Reed,    170 

Jacob  Slack,    170 

Watkin   Morgan,    171 

William  Stewart,   171 

John  J.  Roderick,    171 

Thomas  P.  Morgan,   171 

James  D.  Ware, 171 

Charles  S.  Beaver,    172 

John   O'Brian,    172 

John  C.  Devine, 172 

Nelson  B.  Case,  172 

COMPANY  D. 

Captain  John  E.  Frymire,   189 

Lieutenant  John  S.  Gore, 189 

Lieutenant  Frank  Best,    189 

Sergeant  H.  H.  Peck,  189 

Sergeant  James  M.  Kennedy,  189 

Corporal  L.  F.  Moul,   191 

Corporal  W.  H.  Cobaugh,  191 

Corporal  Samuel  Bricker,    191 

Corporal  W.  O.  Trego, 192 

Musician  Frank  Stoke  and  Augustus  Kyle, 192 

Robert   McKeehan,    191 

Theodore    Boyles,    191 


LIST  OF   ILLUSTRATIONS  15 

Page. 

F.  K.  Ployer,   190 

Jonathan  E.  Ferree,    192 

Augustus  G.  Kyle,    192 

William   Green,    192 

William   R.   Householder,    209 

COMPANY  E. 

James   Dunn,    210 

H.  B.  Wilkinson,  211 

COMPANY  F. 

Captain  John  E.  Reilly,   212 

Sergeant  Gideon  Myers  and  Corporal  Eugene  Lenhart, 229 

Corporal  Eugene  Lenhart,    229 

Corporal  Eugene  Lenhart  and  Isaac  Snell,  Co.  C, 229 

Frank   Snow,    229 

George  W.  Sneer,   229 

COMPANY  G. 

Captain  William  H.  Carlin,  230 

Lieutenant  Frank  J.  Deemer,   230 

Captain  Carlin  and  Lieutenant  Deemer, 230 

Sergeant  John  S.  Jenkins,   231 

Sergeant  John  S.  Jenkins,  Sergeant  Stephen  M.  Whitbeck, 

Sergeant  Geo.  Wolcot  and  Corp.  John  Montgomery,  231 

John  W.  White, 231 

Miner  Naugle,   232 

COMPANY  H. 

Thomas  B.  McCord,  232 

John  Woy,    249 

Lieutenant  Daniel  Keller, 250 

F.    Finnecy,    250 

William  N.  Reynolds,    250 


16  LIST   OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 

COMPANY  I.  Page 

Captain  Ransford  B.  Webb,    251 

Robert  M.  Boyles,  252 

A.  M.  Landis,    252 

Sergeant  John  A.  Steel,   252 

George   N.   Ashenfelder,    252 

COMPANY  K. 

Captain  George  G.  Lovett,  269 

Lieutenant  Alexander  Blackburn,    270 

Lieutenant  George  S.  Walker,   270 

Corporal  John  Dunn,    272 

Musician  Samuel  Lowery,   270 

Webster    Spencer,    271 

Chas.  B.  Ellis,    271 

George  Doan,   271 

Joseph  O'Brian,   272 

Corporal  Edwin  Rodgers,    272 

George   Grafus,    272 


CHAPTER  I. 


FIRST    BATTALION,    PENNSYLVANIA    SIX-MONTHS'    VOLUNTEER 

INFANTRY. 

DURING  the  second  year  of  the  war,   1862,  the  southern 
border  counties  of  Pennsylvania  felt  the  hand  of  the  Con 
federate  raiders.     They  descended  first  upon  Chambers- 
burg,  Franklin  county,  under  "Jeb"  Stuart,  with  such  stealth  and 
celerity  that  they  decamped  with  their  spoils  without  resistance 
of  any  kind.     This  spread  alarm  among  the  people  of  those  coun 
ties,  so  easily  accessible  to  such  inroads,  and  proved  to  be  the  pre 
cursor  of  other  incursions,  later  the  same  year,  and  early  in  1863, 
by  the  notorious  McCausland  and  other  predatory  bands,  who 
finally  burned  down  the  fair  city  of  Chambersburg. 

The  defeat  suffered  by  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  at  Fred- 
ericksburg,  and  Chancellorsville,  led  to  ambitious  plans  on  the 
part  of  Lee,  and  it  was  conjectured  that  he  would  assume  the  of 
fensive.  The  cavalry  battle  of  Brandy  Station  revealed  this  in 
tention,  and  the  army  of  Northern  Virginia  soon  began  to  enter  the 
upper  defiles  of  the  Shenandoah  Valley ;  but  its  movements  were 
screened  by  advance  forces  of  cavalry  appearing  on  the  upper 
Potomac  and  in  Maryland.  This  indicated  a  possible  invasion 
of  Pennsylvania. 

Accordingly,  as  a  precautionary  measure,  and  that  the  North 
might  be  prepared  for  the  worst,  by  order  of  the  War  Depart 
ment,  of  the  Qth  of  June,  1863,  two  new  military  departments  were 
established ;  one  with  headquarters  at  Pittsburg,  to  be  commanded 
by  Major  General  William  T.  H.  Brooks,  and  to  be  known  as  the 
Department  of  the  Monongahela ;  the  other  to  have  headquarters 
at  Harrisburg,  to  be  known  as  the  Department  of  the  Susquehanna, 
and  to  be  commanded  by  Major  General  Darius  N.  Couch.  These 
officers  were  authorized  to  organize  Departmental  Corps,  and  on 
assuming  command  they  issued  orders  calling  upon  the  people  of 
the  State  to  volunteer.  To  aid  in  this  work,  Governor  Curtin 
issued  the  following  proclamation  on  the  I2th  day  of  June,  1863: 


l8  HISTORY     OF     I87TH     REGIMENT 

In  the  Name  and  by  the  Authority  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Penn 
sylvania,  Executive  Department,  to  all  to  whom  These  Pres 
ents  Shall  Come,  Greeting: 

PROCLAMATION. 

Information  has  been  received  by  the  War  Department,  that 
a  Rebel  force  composed  of  cavalry,  artillery  and  mounted  in 
fantry,  has  been  prepared  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  raid  into 
Pennsylvania.  The  President  has  therefore  erected  two  new  de 
partments,  one  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  to  be  commanded  by 
Major  General  Darius  N.  Couch,  the  other  in  Western  Penn 
sylvania,  to  be  commanded  by  Major  General  William  T.  H. 
Brooks.  I  earnestly  invite  the  attention  of  the  people  of  Penn 
sylvania  to  the  General  Order  issued  by  these  officers  upon  as 
suming  command  of  their  respective  departments. 

The  importance  of  immediately  raising  a  sufficient  force  for 
the  defence  of  the  State  cannot  be  over-rated.  The  Corps  now 
proposed  to  be  established  will  give  permanent  security  to  our 
borders. 

I  know  too  well  the  gallantry  and  patriotism  of  the  freemen 
of  this  Commonwealth,  to  think  it  necessary  to  do  more  than 
commend  this  measure  to  the  people,  and  earnestly  urge  them  to 
respond  to  the  call  of  the  General  Government  and  promptly  fill 
the  ranks  of  these  Corps,  the  duties  of  which  will  be  mainly  the 
defense  of  our  own  homes,  firesides  and  property  from  devas 
tation. 

GIVEN  under  my  hand,  and  the  Great  Seal  of 
the  State,  at  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  this 
twelfth  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our 
[GREAT  SEAL.]  Lord,  one  thousand,  eight  hundred  and 

sixty-three,    and   of   the    Commonwealth 
the  eighty-seventh. 

ANDREW  G.  CURTIN. 

By  the  Governor: 

ELI  S  LIFER, 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  IQ 

But  few  enlistments  had  been  made  under  this  call,  when 
Lee's  army  had  reached  the  borders  of  the  State,  and  the  emerg 
ency  call  for  ninety-day  volunteers  was  made,  which,  in  a  few 
days,  brought  40,000  men  into  the  field.  Seven  companies  had 
enlisted  under  the  first  call,  which  were  organized  as  the  First 
Battalion,  Pennsylvania  Six  Months  Volunteers.  These  com 
panies  were  enlisted  from  different  sections  of  the  State  and  were 
mustered  into  the  service  on  the  following  dates : 

Company  A,  Captain  George  W.  Merrick,  Tioga  county, 
June  21,  1863. 

Company  B,  Captain  David  Z.  Seip,  York  county,  June  23, 
1863. 

Company  C,  Captain  John  R.  Miles,  Philadelphia,  June  23, 
1863. 

Company  D,  Captain  Joseph  F.  Ramsey,  Montour  county, 
June  20,  1863. 

Company  E,  Captain  W.  F.  Robinson,  Philadelphia,  June  24, 
1863. 

Company  F,  Captain  Joseph  A.  Ege,  Cumberland  county, 
June  26,  1863. 

Company  G,  Lieutenant  Samuel  Boyd,  Lancaster  county,  July 
8,  1863. 

The  Battalion  was  at  once  formed  with  the  following  officers : 

Lieutenant  Colonel,  Joseph  F.  Ramsey. 
Major,  William  F.  Robinson. 
Adjutant,  Thomas  E.  Little. 
Quartermaster,   Theophilus  J.  Foley 
Assistant  Surgeon,  Joshua  R.  Hays. 
Quartermaster  Sergeant,  Albert  Hay. 

The  Battalion  was  at  once  placed  on  duty  in  and  around  the 
city  of  Harrisburg,  and  was  kept  busy  day  and  night.  It  looked 
after  the  large  amount  of  Government  stores  at  Camp  Curtin,  and 
other  points  in  the  city.  It  assisted  in  building  Fort  Washington, 


20  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH    REGIMENT 

on  the  heights  above  Bridgeport,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river, 
and  several  times  it  was  sent  up  the  Cumberland  Valley  to  re 
sist  any  advance  made  by  the  Rebels. 

After  quiet  had  been  restored  along  the  border,  and  General 
Lee  had  returned  to  Virginia  with  his  army,  the  Battalion  was 
sent  to  different  parts  of  the  State  to  do  guard  and  provost  duty. 
Companies  A,  D,  and  part  of  Company  F,  were  sent  to  Sunbury ; 
and  Companies  C  and  E  to  Pottsville  and  vicinity,  to  suppress 
disturbances  connected  with  the  draft. 

Company  A  was  later  attached  to  General  Couch's  head 
quarters  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.  Companies  F,  B  and  G  were  sent 
to  Gettysburg,  and  assisted  there  in  the  care  of  the  Government 
stores  that  had  been  left  on  the  field  at  the  time  of  the  battle. 
Companies  D  and  C  were  sent  to  the  Antietam  battle  ground, 
where  they  remained  for  several  weeks  doing  picket  duty  along 
the  Potomac  river,  from  Harper's  Ferry  to  Shepherdtown.  They 
remained  there  until  late  in  November,  when  they  were  sent  to 
the  "Buttonwood"  Barracks,  in  Philadelphia.  Companies  B  and 
E  were  mustered  out  of  the  service  on  the  third  day  of  October, 
1863.  The  other  five  companies  remained  in  the  service  until  the 
ninth  day  of  January,  1864 ;  but  before  being  mustered  out  a  large 
number  of  the  men  of  the  First  Battalion  had  re-enlisted  for  three- 
year  service,  and  in  a  very  short  time  six  of  the  seven  companies 
were  in  the  service  for  three  years,  or  during  the  war.  This  brief 
service  and  training  enabled  these  companies  to  become  the 
nucleus  of  a  Regiment,  hardened  and  effective  from  the  day  of 
its  organization.  The  full  roster  of  the  Battalion  will  be  found 
in  the  following  Chapter. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  21 


CHAPTER  II. 


ROSTER  OF  FIRST  BATTALION,  PENNSYLVANIA  Six  MONTHS'  VOL 
UNTEERS. 

FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

LIEUT.  COL.  JOSEPH  F.  RAMSEY — June  22,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
Captain,  Company  D,  July  9,  1863;  transferred  to  iS/th 
Regiment  P.  V.,  January,  1864. 

MAJOR  WILLIAM  F.  ROBINSON — June  24,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
Captain  Company  E,  July  9,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Bat 
talion,  January  9,  1864. 

ADJUTANT  THOMAS  E.  LITTLE — July  9,  1863;  transferred  to 
1 87th  Regiment  P.  V.,  January,  1864. 

QUARTERMASTER  THEOPHILUS  J.  FOLEY — July  9,  1863 ;  mustered 
out  with  Battalion,  January  9,  1864. 

ASST.  SURGEON  JOSHUA  R.  HAYES — July  24,  1863;  transferred  to 
1 87th  Regiment  P.  V.,  January,  1864. 

QUARTERMASTER  SERGT.  ALBERT  HAY — June  23,  1863;  promoted 
from  private  Company  B,  July  15,  1863  '•>  not  accounted  for. 

COMPANY  A. 

CAPT.  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  CECIL  A.  DEAN — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUT.  ROBERT  YOUNG — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  JEROLD  DENNISON — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 


22  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

SERGT.  EPHRAIM  SMITH — June  21,  1863;  promoted  to  Sergeant, 
July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SRRGT.  DAVID  DEWEY — June  21,  1863  ;  promoted  to  Sergeant,  July 
8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  ALONZO  MACK — June  21,  1863  »  promoted  to  Sergeant  July 
8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  LEWIS  DEMAUX — June  23,   1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
July  8,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  LYMAN  D.  POTTER — June  21,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  BENJAMIN  CLAUSED — June  21,  1863  J  promoted  to  Corporal, 
July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  SAMUEL  MORGAN — June  21,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate,  September  26,  1863. 

PRIVATES. 

BUSH,  TUNIS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BLOUGH,  JOHN — June  27,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BUTLER,  JOSIAH — June  21,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BUTLER,  THOMAS  J.— June  21,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOWEN,  EUGENE  L.— June  21,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BACON,  AARON  A. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOLTZ,  WASHINGTON— June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  23 

CATLIN,  CHARLES  G. — June  21,  1863;  absent;  sick  at  muster  out. 

CHASE,  WILLIAM  H. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CARPENTER,  JAMES — August  2,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CAMPBELL,  EDWIN — June  23,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company 
January  9,  1864. 

CHUBBICK,  TRUMAN — June  23,   1863  5  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CLINE,  JOHN  A. — June  21,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DONALDSON,  JAS.  W. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

DART,  CHAUNCEY — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DIBBLE,  JOHN  E. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DEAN,  DARIUS  L. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ENGLISH,  JOHN — June  21,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ELLIS,  OSCAR  F. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

FIELD,  CHARLES  M. — June  21,  1863;  absent  in  arrest,  at  muster 
out. 

FORNWALT,  ALLEN — June  29,  1863  >  transferred  to  Company  K, 
iSist  P.  V.,  January  4,  1864. 

GREEN,  WILLIAM — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GREINER,  WILLIAM — June  21,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


24  HISTORY     OF     l87TH     REGIMENT 

GLEASON,  MARTIN — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HARRISON,  WM.  M. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HART,  NATHANIEL — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HENRY,  ORVILLE— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HENRY,  RICHARD— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HART,  MORGAN— June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HARTMAN,  AMOS  C.— June  27,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  K, 
P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

IRES,  ALBERT— June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

JONES,  WILLIAM  D. — June  21,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

KIMBALL,  GEORGE — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

KELLER,  VALENTINE  V.— June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

LACKEY,  ALBERT  L.— June  21,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

LESLIE,  DAVID  B.— June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

LIGHT,  CASPER  K.— June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HORSEMAN,  JOSEPH— June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  2$ 

MOORE,  WILLIAM — July  10,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MiLLER,   SAMUEL  G.— June  22,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

MARTIN,  JOHN — June  21,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary,  9,  1864. 

MYERS,  EDWIN — June  21,   1863;  transferred  to  U.   S.  Cavalry, 
January  5,  1864. 

MILLER,  WILLIAM  H.— June  29,  1863;  transferred  to  Company 
K,  iSist  P.  V.,  January  4,  1864. 

NAFTZER,  ADAM — June  21,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

NAFTZER,  BENJAMIN — June  22,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

OAKUM,  THOMAS — June  29,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

PATTERSON,  WM.  W. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

POORMAN,  HENRY  M. — June  22,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

PALMER,  JOSEPH — July  10,  1863 ;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 
cate,  September  18,  1863. 

ROBBINS,  DAVID  T. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHELLMAN,  WELCOME — July  10,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SCOTT,  JOHN  P. — June  2\,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SNEER,  GEORGE  W. — August  2,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


26  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

SNAVELY,  PETER  D. — June  22,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHUMWAY,  CHAS.  L. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SEARS,  HENRY — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

STARWEATHER,  S. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SPOTTS,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863;  transferred  to  iSist  P.  V.,  Jan 
uary  4,  1864. 

TRALL,  SAMUEL — June  21,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

TABOR,  GEORGE — June  23,  1863  ;  Absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

TOWNER,  BENJ.  F. — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

WEBSTER,  EDWIN — June  21,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

WILLARD,  HIRAM — June  21/1863;  absent  on  detached  service  at 
muster  out. 

WEST,  OREN — July  10,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

WALBURN,  MICHAEL — July  22,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  K, 
iSist  Regiment  P.  V.,  January  5,  1864. 

WEBSTER,  OZIAH — July  21,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  certifi 
cate,  October  28,  1863. 

WILLIAMS,  BENJ. — July  21,  1863 ;  transferred  to  U.  S.  Cavalry, 
January  5,  1864. 

COMPANY  B. 

CAPT.  DAVID  Z.  SEIP — June  29,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  MATTHEW  McCALL — June  29,  1863  5  mustered  out 
with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  2? 

SECOND  LIEUT.  SAMUEL  J.  ADAMS — June  29,  1863 ;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 

FIRST  SERGT.  JOHN  M.  TORBET — June  29,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  JOHN  P.  S.  ASWALD — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  JONATHAN  J.  JESSUP — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  DANIEL  KELLER — June  23,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Sergeant, 
July  I,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  WILLIAM  W.  TORBET — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  JOSEPH  E.  FREESTONE — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  June  25,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  October 
3,  1863. 

CORP.  JOHN  A.  CHANNELL — June  24,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal 
June  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Oct.  3,  1863. 

CORP.  FRANCIS  A.  BELT — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Corporal 
June  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Oct.  3,  1863. 

CORP.  HENRY  L.  RHOADS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  JOHN  BRILLHART — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  WILLIAM  C.  FISHER — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  THOMAS  RUPERT — June  23,  1863  5  promoted  to  Corporal, 
August  i,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Oct.  3,  1863. 

CORP.  HENRY  T.  GOODLING — June  23,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal 
August  23,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  October  3, 

1863. 


28  HISTORY     OF     I87TH     REGIMENT 

MUSICIAN  HOWARD  WELSH — June  23,  1863 ;  absent  sick  at  muster 
out. 

MUSICIAN  JACOB  HARRIS — June  23,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Musician 
August  i,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  October  3, 
1863. 

PRIVATES. 

ARMPRESTER,  GEORGE — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

AMIG,  AUGUSTUS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

ANDREWS,  ALBERT  J. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

ALOWAY,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863, 

BLAIN,  WILLIAM  H. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

BRENNAMAN,  H. — June  23,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

BROWN,  EDWARD  C. — July  17,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

COLLINS,  JAMES  C. — June  23,  1863  >  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

Cox,  STEPHEN — June  23,  1863  \  deserted  September  27,  1863. 

ENGLES,  JACOB — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

EBERSOLE,  SYLVESTER — July  28,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

FETHERS,  OWEN — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  2Q 

FREY,  THADDEUS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

FREESTONE,  JAMES  E. — June  23,  1863 »"  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

GROVE,  GEORGE — June  23,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

GOOD,  EPHRAIM — June  23,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

GROVER,  CHARLES — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

GABLE,  JOHN — June  23,  1863  >  mustered  out  with  Company,  Octo 
ber  3,  1863. 

HAY,  GEORGE  L. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

HUNTER,  JOSEPH  T. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

HAMILTON,  WM.  W. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

HARKINS,  WILLIAM — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

HAY,  ALBERT — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Quartermaster  Ser 
geant  July  15,  1863. 

JOHNSTON,  OVID  M. — June  23,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

KiSLER,  HENRY  M. — June  23,  1863 ;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

KEEPER,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

KISTER,  JOHN — June  29,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Octo 
ber  3,  1863. 

KIBLER,  CHARLES  P. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 


30  HISTORY    OF     l87TH    REGIMENT 

KAUFMAN,  WM.  H. — June  23,  1863 ;  deserted  September  18,  1863. 

LEHR,   PHILIP — June   23,    1863;   mustered  out   with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LIGGIT,  ROBERT  C. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LIVINGSTON,  JOHN — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LEHMAN,  CHARLES — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LLOYD,  MANASSAH — June  23,  1863  5  absent  on  furlough,  at  muster 
out. 

MEYERS,  JOSEPH  L. — July  28,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MILNER,  LEWIS  H. — June  23,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MEYERS,  AUGUSTUS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MEYERS,  ISAAC  L. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MEYERS,  HARVEY  M. — June  23,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate,  September  7,  1863. 

McDERMOTT,  WM.  J. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

McPnERSON,  S.  A.  W. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

RICKLEY,  JOHN — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

ROWLAND,  JOHN — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SOURBIER,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  3! 

SELTZER,  JOHN — June  23,    1863;  mustered  out  with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SAUBE,  FRANK  L. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SHELLENBERGEK,  Jos. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

STRAYER,  JOHN — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SHETRONE,  MARTIN  H. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SHELLENBERGER,  J.  B. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SHEMBERGER,  JOSEPH — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

TROUT,  LEVIE — June  23,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  Octo 
ber  3,  1863. 

TORBERT,  JAMES  B. — July  28,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WILHELM,  WM.  H. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WAGNER,  Louis  E. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WOLF,  JACOB  H. — June  23,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WALES,   THOMAS   M. — June   23,    1863;   absent   on   furlough   at 
muster  out. 

WALES,  JOHN  G. — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WOOD,   HENRY — June   23,    1863 ;   mustered  out  with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


32  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

WILSON,  HENRY— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WILEY,  JOHN  S.— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WALTERS,  JACOB  H.— June  23,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

YOUNG,  HENRY— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

ZELLERS,  Louis— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

COMPANY  C. 

CAPT.  JOHN  R.  MILES— June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  WILLIAM  S.  RUFF— June  23,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUT.  JOHN  J.  DERR — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  SERGT.  MICHAEL  FAULKER — June  23,  1863  ;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  MATTHEW  SWIRE — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  CHARLES  HAMER — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Sergeant 
October  12,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

SERGT.  WILLIAM  ZANES — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Sergeant 
October  12,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

SERGT.  CHARLES  GRAFLEY — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  ROBERT  CRAWFORD — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 


GENERAL  GEORGE  G.  MEADE. 


MAJOR-GENERAL  GOUVERNKUR  K.  WARREN 
Commander  bifth  Annv  Corps,  1864 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  37 

CORP.  WILLIAM  WHITE — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Corporal 
October  29,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

CORP.  GEORGE  BURWELL — June  23,  1863;  promoted  to  Corporal 
October  29,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

CORP.  JAMES  McELWEE — June  23,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal 
October  29,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

MUSICIAN  LOT  KOCHEL — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

PRIVATES. 

ALLEN,  JOHN —  June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary,  9,  1864. 

BAILEY,  EDWARD — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company; 
January  9,  1864. 

BAILEY,  JOSEPH — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BLACK,  CHARLES — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOTHWELL,  JAMES — June  23,  1863 ;  absent  in  arrest  at  muster  out. 

BOYD,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CRAWFORD,  ALEXANDER — June  23,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

COOK,  WILLIAM — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CLARK,  FRANCES — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DUNLAP,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

3 


38  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

DEVER,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

EARLY,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GILLIS,  JOSEPH — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GRINDER,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GLENN,  PATRICK — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GREEN,  CHARLES — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GRAFFLEY,  JAMES — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GOODEX,  LEWIS— June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HARRIS,  THOMAS — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HARRIS,  JOHN — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

HUGHES,  BERNARD — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

JOHNSON,  WILLIAM — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

JOHNSTON,  JOHN — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January^,  1864. 

KIRKER,  PHILIP — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

KAIN,  THOMAS — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  39 

KAIN,  JOSEPH — June   23,    1863 ;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

LITTLE,  STAGEY — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MARSHALL,  DAVID — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MARTIN,  WILLIAM — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,, 
January  9,  1864. 

MUNDAY,  JOHN — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MARSHALL,  JOSEPH  us — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

MUNYON,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MILLER,  WILLIAM — June  23,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  cer 
tificate  August  9,  1863. 

MILLER,  JAMES — June  23,   1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  cer 
tificate  August  24,  1863. 

McGRATH,  ABRAHAM — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

McKiNNEY,  WILLIAM — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

McCoNNELL,  JAMES — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

McCLAY,  CHARLES — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

McANNALLEY,  SAMUEL — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

NEIL>  JOSHUA  E. — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


40  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH    REGIMENT 

O'BRIAN,   PATRICK — June  23,   1863;  died  at  Philadelphia,   Pa., 
December  22,  1863. 

PAUUNG,  EUAS — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

PRESS,   GEORGE — June  23,    1863 ;  mustered  out  with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

REID,  ALEXANDER — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

RUTHERFORD,  JOHN — June  23,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

RINGLAND,  AB'M — June  23,  1863 ;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  date 
unknown. 

SPERRY,  PATRICK — June  23,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

STEWART,  ROBERT — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

TONER,  JAMES — June  23,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

WILCOX,  JAMES — June  23,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

WILBER,  HENRY — June  23,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  4! 


CHAPTER  III. 


COMPANY  D. 

CAPT.  JOSEPH  F.  RAMSEY — June  22,  1863;  promoted  to  Lieut. 
Colonel,  July  9,  1863. 

CAPT.  WILLIAM  YOUNG — June  22,  1863 ;  promoted  from  First 
Lieut.  July  9,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  ORVILLE  D.  HARDER — July  6,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
Second  Lieut.  July  9,  1863  >  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUT.  GEORGE  G.  LOVETT — June  20,  1863  J  promoted 
from  private,  July  9,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  SERGT.  JAMES  JOHNSON — June  30,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
private,  July  9,  1863  >  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

SERGT.  JOSEPH  A.  CLARK — June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  WILLIAM  WALLACE — June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  THOS.  C.  HULLIHEN — June  30,  1863;  promoted  to  Ser 
geant  December  I,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  ALEXANDER  HOFFNER — June  20,  1863;  promoted  to  Ser 
geant  July  9,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

CORP.  WM.  R.  JENKINS — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


42  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

CORP.  WILLIAM  R.  WOODS — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.   WILLIAM   WRIGHT — June  20,    1863 ;  mustered   out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.    SAMPSON   PICKINS — June   20,    1863 ;   mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  WILLIAM  H.  COOL — June  20,  1863  ;  transferred  to  Company 
C,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

CORP.  LAMBERT  SNYDER — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  SETH  K.  SHARPLSSS — June  20,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  C,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

CORP.  JEREMIAH  LOVE — June  20,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

MUSICIAN  PETER  HARDER — June  22,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

MUSICIAN   GEORGE  O'CONNER — June   22,    1863 ;   discharged  on 
Surgeon's  certificate,  October  6,  1863. 

PRIVATES. 

ALWOOD,  ARTHUR — June  20,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ANDREWS,  WILLIAM — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

ALEXANDER,  PARK — June  20,  1863  '>  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ATEN,  DAVID — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

AMMERMAN,  OAK'Y  V. — June  30,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  43 

BEST,  JAMES  J. — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BLOCKSAGE,  SYLVESTER — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Comn 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

BRYANT,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BRACE,  HENRY  E. — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOOKMILLER,  JOHN — June  25,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BRIGHT,  PHILIP — June  22,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CUMMINGS,  WM.  J. — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

Cox,  JOHN — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

CONRADE,  JACOB — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CASLIN,  MICHAEL — June  22,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CARTWRIGHT,  AB'M.  B. — June  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

COOK,  RUBEN — June  20,  1863  ;  died  at  Danville,  Pa.,  Oct.  n,  1863. 

DEEN,  JOHN — June  20,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

DIVEL,  JOSEPH — June  22,    1863  5   mustered  out  with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DESHAY,  WESLEY — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DEVINE,  HENRY — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


44  HISTORY    OF     I87TH     REGIMENT 

EVANS,   LEWIS — June   20,    1863;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

EVERHART,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

ELLIOTT,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

EVANS,  EDWARD — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

EVANS,  JOHN  R. — June  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ECKERT,   SAMUEL — June  20,   1863;  transferred  to  Company  C, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

Fox,  JOHN — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

FUNSTON,  CHARLES  R. — June  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Company 
C,  18701  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

GIBBS,  JAMES — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

GEIST,  WESLEY — June  20,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

GANDEBLUE,  JOSEPH — June  20  1863;  transferred  to  Company  C, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

GEARHART,  BON.  R. — June  20,   1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate,  October  6,  1863. 

HARRIS,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HALE,  JOHN — June  25,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

HEFFLER,  JACOB  W. — June  20,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  C, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  45 

HARDER,  J.  HENRY — June  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  C, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

HENRY,  JOHN — June  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  C,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

IRVIN,  JOHN  C. — June  20,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  C,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

JACKSON,  CALEB — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

JONES,  ROBERT  O. — June  25,  1863 ;  absent  on  detached  service  at 
muster  out. 

LAWRENCE,  JACOB — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

LIBHART,  HUGH  P. — June  20,  1863  5  transferred  to  Company  C, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

LEWIS  WILLIAM — June   20,    1863 ;  transferred   to  Company  C. 
iSTth  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

MILLER,  FRANKLIN — June  20,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MELLON,  GIDEON — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MORGAN,  BENJAMIN — July  2,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MOORE,  DAVID — June  20,  1863;  discharged,  date  unknown. 

NASH,   WILLIAM — June  20,    1863;   transferred   to   Company   C, 
i87th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

PURCELL,  CHARLES — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

PAUGH,  ROBERT — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

PURCELL,  WILLIAM  C. — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


46  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

PETRYSKI,  FREDERICK — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

PULLIN,  JOHN — June  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  C,  iS/th 
P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

ROCKAFELLER,  FRANK — June  25,  1863;  transferred  to  Company 
C,  iS/th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

RIDGE  WAY,  WARREN — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

ROBERTS,  JOSIAH — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

RODENHOFFER,  LEWIS — July  2,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SIMINGTON,  WM.  M. — June  20,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SNELL,  ISAAC — June  20,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

SCOTT,  JOHN — June  20,  1863 ;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

SLACK,  JOHN  W. — June  25,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

THOMAS,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

TREAS,  WILLIAM — June  22,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

VOGLE,  WILLIAM— June  25,   1863;  transferred  to  Company  C, 
i8;th  P.  V.,  January  6,  1864. 

WILLIAMS,  BENJAMIN — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

WILLIAMS,  JOHN  D. — June  20,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  47 

COMPANY  E. 

CAPT.  WM.  F.  ROBINSON — June  24,  1863;  promoted  to  Major, 
July  9,  1863. 

CAPT.  WILLIAM  D.  SNOW — June  24,  1863;  promoted  from  First 
Lieut.,  October  3,  1863. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  JAMES  MURTLAND — June  24,  1863  J  promoted  from 
Second  Lieut.,  July  9,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SECOND  LIEUT.  PAUL  L.  LEVIS — July  9,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

FIRST  SERGT.  JOHN  DOWNS — June  24,  1863 ;  promoted  from  Ser 
geant,  September  5,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  PATRICK  POWERS — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  WILLIAM  GREY — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SERGT.  PATRICK  CAREY — June  24,  1863 ;  promoted  from  Corporal, 
September  6,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  October 
3,  1863. 

SERGT.  CHARLES  WALTERS — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  JOSEPH  WILDE — June  24,  1863 ;  promoted  to  Corporal,  July 
15,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  HOWARD  W.  PALMER — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  CHARLES  STACKHOUSE — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.  PETER  JACOBUS — September  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 


48  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

CORP.  ROBERT  DAVIS— June  24,  1863;  promoted  to  Corporal  July 
15,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  October  3,  1863. 

CORP.   HUGH  KELLY— September  25,   1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

MUSICIAN   PETER  DORRIS— June  24,    1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  October  3,  1863. 

PRIVATES. 

BURSON,  WILLIAM — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

BUCKLEY,  CURNAL — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

CARRALL,  WILLIAM  J. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

CURRIN,   JOHN — June  24,   1863;  mustered  out  with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

CONNER,  JOSEPH — September  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

DOYLE,   JAMES — June  24,    1863 ;   mustered  out   with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

DOHERTY,  JAMES — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

DOWNEY,  JOHN — September  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

DIAMOND,  JAMES — June  25,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

DUFF,  EDWARD — September  25,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

ELDRIDGE,  WILLIAM — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

ELLIS,   ROBERT — June  24,    1863;   mustered  out  with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  49 

FOLEY,  PATRICK — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

Fox,    PATRICK — June  24,    1863;   mustered  out   with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

GALLAGHER,  CHARLES — June  24,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

GALBRAITH,  ALEX. — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

GILKINSON,  JOHN  E. — June  24,  1863;  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
July  7,  1863. 

GANSTER,  JOHN — June  24,  1863 ;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

HALL,   SAMUEL — June  24,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

HERSHBERG,  CHARLES — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

HAINES,  PATRICK — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

HAWS,  JOHN — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Octo 
ber  3,  1863. 

HUBERT,  WILLIAM  A. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

HALL,  EUGENE — June  24,  1863;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

JOHNSTON  TAYLOR — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

JENKINS,  JOHN — June  24,  1863 ;  deserted  July  27,  1863. 

KATES,  JOHN  L. — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

KEEVER,  JACOB — June  24,   1863;  mustered  out  with   Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LAMBERT,  JOHN — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


50  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH    REGIMENT 

LINIHAN,  JERRY — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

LYNCH,  ANTHONY — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MOORE,  JOHN  S. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MUNYON,  JOHN  F. — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

MEYERS,  THEODORE — June  24,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

MOORE,  ZACHARIAH — June  24,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

MOCKERMAN,  JOHN  C. — June  24,  1863;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

M'LAUGHLIN,  SAMUEL — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

M'QuiSTON,  ALEX. — June  24,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  cer 
tificate,  August  27,  1863. 

M'ARAN,  JAMES  D. — June  24,  1863  ;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  cer 
tificate,  September  22,  1863. 

M'GARAGEN,  JAMES — June  24,  1863;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 
M'LAUGHLIN,  WM. — June  24,  1863;  deserted  September  13,  1863. 

NALLY,  JOSEPH — June  24,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

NABEY,  JOHN  C. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

O'BRYAN,  JOHN — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

PHILLIPS,  ISAAC  N. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

RIDGWAY,  MOSES  C. — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  5! 

ROBERTS,  SAMUEL — June  24,  1863;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

SHARPE,  ISAAC  E. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SHIELDS,  MATTHEW — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SAMPLE,  JOHN — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

SOMMERVILLE,  JOHN — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

SLACK,  JAMES  F. — June  24,  1863 ;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

THOMPSON,  JAMES — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

TRACEY,  CHARLES — June  24,  1863  ;  deserted  June  24,  1863. 

WICKERSHAM,  MILT. — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  October  3,  1863. 

WILSON,  JACOB — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WHITEMAN,  JOHN — June  24,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

WILLIAM,  RICHARD — June  24,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

YOUNG,  DAVID — June  24,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
October  3,  1863. 

COMPANY  F. 

CAPT.  JOSEPH  A.  EGE — June  26,  1863 ;  promoted  from  First  Lieut., 
July  13,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January  9, 
1864. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  WILLIAM  VENARD — June  26,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
Second  Lieut.,  July  13,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


52  HISTORY     OP     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

SECOND  LIEUT.  HARRISON  TREGO — June  27,  1863;  promoted  from 
First  Sergt.,  July  14,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  SERGT.  GEO.  B.  WAGGONER — June  27,  1863 ;  promoted  from 
Sergt.,  July  14,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  LEON'S  M'CULLOUGH — June  26,  1863  5  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  WILLIAM  J.  MATEER — June  27,  1863;  promoted  from  Cor 
poral,  June  30,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  January 
9,  1864. 

SERGT.  EMANUEL  GROSS — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE — June  27,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

CORP.  WILLIAM  H.  BURTNETT — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  LEANDER  PALM — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  WILLIAM  McMoRROW — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  WILLIAM  A.  LINDSEY — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  WILLIAM -D.  RITNER — June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

CORP.  HENRY  H.  PECK — June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

CORP.  RUBEN  K.  ALLISON — July  20,  1863  ;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

CORP.  SCOTT  RANDELL — June  27,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 


MAJOR  GENERAL  JOSHUA  H.  CHAMBERLAIN. 
Commander  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  Fifth  Army  Corps. 


I 


MAJOR  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK. 
Historian,  Survivors'  Association. 


i  and  2  COLONEL  JOHN  E.  PARSONS. 
3  LIEUTENANT  JOSEPH  E.  EGE. 


i  SURGEON  JOHN  C.  FRUIT.  2  MAJOR  D.  Z.  SKIP. 

3  MAJOR  WILLIAM  J.  ROBINSON. 
First  Battalion. 


OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  57 

MUSICIAN  ALEXANDER  SHARP — June  27,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

MUSICIAN  FRANCES  M.  STOKE — June  26,   1863 ;  transferred  to 
Company  D,  i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

PRIVATES. 

ALLEN,  JESSE  K. — June  26,  1863  '•>  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ALLEN,  DAVID  R. — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BRECKENRIDGE,  ALFRED — June  26,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

BRECKENRIDGE,  JOHN — June  26,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

BRICKER,  DAVID — June  26,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOYLES,  JAMES  D. — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BOYLES,  ROBERT  M. — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BEELMAN,  CHRISTIAN — July  I,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

BRICKER,  SAMUEL — June  26,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

BOYLES,  THEODORE — June  27,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

BIXLER,  ANDREW — June  26,   1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

COBAUGH,  HENRY — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CALDWELL,  SAMUEL  B. — June  29,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

4 


58  HISTORY    OF     I87TH     REGIMENT 

CARL,  ISAAC— June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D,  i8;th 
P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

DEWALT,  WILLIAM  A.— June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

DiLLER,,  ANDREW — July  4,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DILLER,  WILLIAM  H.— July  4,  1863;  discharged  August  15,  1863. 

FERREE,  JONATHAN  E. — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

FRENCH,  WILLIAM  A. — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

GLAUSER,  STACY  G. — June  26,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

GRUB,  JOHN — June  27,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

GAMPHER,  WILLIAM — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

GREEN,  ROBERT  W. — July  20,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HEMMINGER,   J.   D. — July  22,    1863;  mustered  out  with   Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HEMMINGER,  J.  B.— July  22,   1863;  mustered    out  with    Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HARDY,  HENRY— June  26,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

HARMAN,  GEORGE  R.— June  27,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HASSINGER,  WILLIAM— July  4,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HAMILTON,  ALEX.  H.— July  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  59 

HACKET,  THOM'N  R. — July  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

HOUSEHOLDER,  WILLIAM — June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  D,  i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

HENRY,  WILLIAM  A. — June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Company 
D,  1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

HENDRICKS,  AMOS  J. — June  29,  1863;  died  at  Hagerstown,  Md., 
January  i,  1864. 

JAMES,  WILMER — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

JOHNSON,  WILLIAM — June  26,  1863  '•>  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

JONES,  PETER — June  26,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  D,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

KECK,  AARON — June  27,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

KAM MERER,  MAT. — June  26,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MELL,  EDWARD  A. — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MAUL,  LEWIS  T. — July  20,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

MILLER,  JACOB  A. — July  12,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

MITTEN,  WILLIAM  A. — July  17,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

MEYERS,  HENRY — June  26,  1863 ;  deserted  July  10,  1863. 

MCLAUGHLIN,  DANIEL — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

McWiLLiAMS,  DALB'T — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


60  HISTORY     OF     l8/TH    REGIMENT 

McKEEHAN,  ROBERT  M.— July  20,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SHOVER,  Eu—  June  26,   1863;  mustered    out    with    Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHOVER,  JOHN— June  26,   1863;  mustered  out    with    Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHEAFFER,  JOHN — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHEAFFER,  WILLIAM  B. — July  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SMITH,  HENRY  A. — June  27,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SMITH,  DAVID  H. — June  28,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

STROHM,  BENJ.  F. — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

STEEL,  JOHN  A. — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SELLS,  JOHN  A. — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SWISHER,  PETER — June  27,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHARP,   SAMUEL — July   I,    1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

STITZEL,  JACOB — July  20,    1863  5  mustered  out  with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SNYDER,  WILLIAM  H. — July  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SHEAFFER,  JOSEPH — July   i,   1863;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  6l 

STAVER,  LEVI — June  26,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

SHAW,  JOSEPH — July  i,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

TURBIT,  GEORGE  A. — June  26,  1863  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

TRITT,  JOHN  B.-^June  26,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

THOMPSON,  JOHN  C. — July  12,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

TREGO,  WILLIAM  O. — July  14,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company  D, 
1 87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

WEAVER,  PHILIP — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

WIRE,  JOHN — July  16,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

WILLIAMS,  JACOB  S. — July  16,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

WATSON,  CHRISTOPHER — June  26,  1863 ;  transferred  to  Company 
D,  i87th  P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

WARD,  JOHN — July  12,  1863;  transferred  to  Company  D,  i87th 
P.  V.,  January  10,  1864. 

COMPANY  G. 

FIRST  LIEUT.  SAMUEL  BOYD— July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

FIRST  SERGT.  JOHN  S.  BOYD— July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  JAMES  H.  BOOTHE— July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 


62  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

SERGT.  SAMUEL  SEIPLE— July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  ALMUS  L.  WATSON— July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

SERGT.  JOHN  J.  LONG — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  SAMUEL  H.  CONNER— July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  JAMES  P.  EVANS — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  SAMUEL  J.  BOYDE — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  HUGH  R.  FULTON — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  ALBERT  MYERS — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  BICKNELL  A.  BOYCE — July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

CORP.  THOMAS  H.  COLLINS — July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  January  9,  1864. 

PRIVATES. 

BARE,  JOSHUA — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BURNS,  DANIEL — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BLACK,  WILLIAM — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

BURNS,  HENRY — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BURKE,  HENRY — July  8,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  63 

BRUCE,  JOHN  —  July  8,  1863  >*  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

BRUCE,  JAMES  —  July  8,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

COONS,  ISAAC  —  July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

CLARK,  RUTTER  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

CLARK,  ROBERT  J.  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

DEEVER,  DAVID  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

EWING,  S.  NEEPER  —  July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

ESBURN,  JOHN  —  July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

ECKMAN,  JOHN  —  July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

GRAYBILL,  JOHN  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

HAMBLETON,  B.  KINS.  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

JONES,  JOHN  T.  —  July  8,  1863  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

LEWIS,  JOHN  C.  —  July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 


,  BENJAMIN  —  July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

LINTON,  ROBERT  —  July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


64  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

LONG,  GEORGE  F. — July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MAXWELL,  SANDERS — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MOORE,  DAVID — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

MARTIN,  SAMUEL — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

MEAGHER,  JAMES — July  8,  1863 ;  deserted  July  29,  1863. 

McMiNEMY,  HUGH — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

McVEY,  STEPHEN  D. — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

NELSON,  STEPHEN — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

NEEPER,  JOHN  S. — July  8,  1863;  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Septem 
ber  9,  1863. 

Ross,  JOHN  S. — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

RUTTER,  JOHN — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

RISK,   WILLIAM — July   8,    1863;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

REEDE,  WILLIAM — July  8,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

REDMAN,  WILLIAM — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

REDMAN,   JACOB— July  8,    1863;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SUTTON,  GEORGE— July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with   Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  65 

SWEIGARD,  BENJAMIN — July  8,   1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

S  WEI  CARD,  HENRY — July  8,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SHRIMP,  JOHN — July  8,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Jan 
uary  9,  1864. 

SHOFF,  FREDERICK — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

SEIPLE,  WILLIAM — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

TENNIS,  WILLIAM — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 

THOMAS,  N.  WEBSTER — July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  January  9,  1864. 

TODD,  THADDEUS — July  8,  1863;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  January  9,   1864. 

WATSON,  ELIAS  M.— July  8,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
January  9,  1864. 


66  HISTORY    OP     I87TH     REGIMENT 


CONTENDS  HE  WAS  YOUNGEST  SOLDIER. 


LATEST  APPLICANT  FOR  THAT  HONOR  is  C.  P.  HARDER,  DAN 
VILLE'S  POSTMASTER. — ENLISTED  AT  AGE  OF  TEN. 

Special  Dispatch  to  The  North  American. 

DANVILLE,  PAV  Dec.  26. 

The  distinction  of  having  among  its  citizens  the  youngest 
soldier  who  served  during  the  Civil  War  undoubtedly  belongs  to 
Danville.  It  is  true  the  honor  is  contested  by  other  localities,  but 
in  every  instance  where  the  facts  are  verified  it  is  found  the  young 
est  soldier  went  into  service  when  about  12  years  old,  rarely  below 
that  age. 

The  Danville  claimant  is  C.  P.  Harder,  who  enlisted  at  the 
age  of  10  years  and  6  months.  He  was  the  youngest  of  five 
brothers,  all  of  whom  entered  the  Union  army. 

Mr.  Harder  spent  more  than  two  years  in  the  service  and 
had  the  honor  of  being  one  of  the  boys  detailed  to  drum  on  the 
occasion  of  Abraham  Lincoln's  funeral. 

Mr.  Harder  is  a  member  of  the  Montour  county  bar.  He 
served  a  term  as  Sheriff.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Danville 
School  Board  and  served  three  years  as  its  President.  He  is  now 
Postmaster. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  67 


CHAPTER  IV. 


A  ROLL  OF  HONOR. 

A  List  of  Those  Who  Were  Killed,  or  Died  From  Wounds  Re 
ceived  in  Action,  or  Died  From  Disease. 

These  paid  the  last  full  measure  of  devotion  that  the  na 
tion  might  live : 

COMPANY  A. 

Charles  Shum way— Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  August  27,  1864. 
Albert  Ires — Died  June  I9th,  of  wounds  received  June  18,  1864, 

in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va. 

John  Aylsworth— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Leonard  W.  Boatman— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Delanne  A.  Catlin — Died  July  3rd,  of  wounds  received  June  18, 

1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

William  Chase — Died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  July  4,  1864. 
Samuel  Clark— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,   1864. 
Cyrus  Dort — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  3,  1864,  of  wounds 

received  in  action. 
Ashabel  Frost — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  September  12,  1864, 

of  wounds  received  in  action. 

Thomas  Golden — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  25,  1864. 
Andrew  Green — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  9,  1864. 
Benjamin  F.  Goodwin — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  6,  1865. 
Edward  O.  Lawyton — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  29, 

1864. 

John  Mann — Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  August  9,  1864. 
John  D.  Morton — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  25,  1864,  of 

wounds  received  in  action. 

John  McGuire— Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  June  8,  1864. 
William  Oberie— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Charles  J.  Potter— Died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  March  26,  1864. 


68  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

James  Phipps— Died  July  n,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in  action. 
William  Sturrock— Died  at  New  York,  August  24,  1864. 
Oliver  Stark— Died  October  27,  1864. 
Nicholas  Swerger— Died  July  21,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in 

action. 
John  J.  Travis— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

COMPANY  B. 

Samuel  Keefer— Died  at  York,  Pa.,  April  15,  1864. 

John  B.  Shillinberger— killed  at  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August 
20,  1864. 

Joseph  A.  Andrews— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Simon  Berger — Died  June  2Oth,  of  wounds  received  in  action, 
June  1 8,  1864. 

John  Bowen — Died  at  Gouldsboro,  Pa.,  August  21,  1864. 

John  Dugan — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  3,  1864. 

Fred  Eshenbach — Died  June  iQth,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Charles  Grover — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January  5,  1865. 

William  J.  C.  Johnson— Died  June  3Oth,  of  wounds  received  at 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

William  W.  Jones — Died  October  2nd,  of  wounds  received  July 
10,  1864. 

Henry  Landis — Died  on  U.  S.  transport ;  date  unknown. 

Abraham  L.  Pyle— Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  August  i,  1864. 

Michael  G.  Seifert— Died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  February  24,  1864, 

Samuel  Sourbeer — Died  June  iQth,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Lewis  Sporleader — Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  June  iQth,  of  wounds 
received  June  1 8,  1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

William  H.  Torbert — Died    July    7th,    at    Alexandria,    Va.,    of 
wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

John  Wright— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

John  G.  Walls— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  69 

COMPANY  C. 

James  B.  Moore — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
William  Craig — Died  at  Williamsport,  Pa.,  April  12,  1864. 
Reese  Flanigan — Died  at  David's  Island,  New  York,  August  3, 
1864. 

COMPANY  D. 

Joseph  A.  Shaw — Killed  at  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  19, 
1864. 

Theodore  R.  Boyles — Died  June  19,  of  wounds  received  June  18, 
1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

McC.  E.  Faughender — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

William  P.  Gensler— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Samuel  D.  Lutz — Killed  at  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  19, 
1864. 

Henry  Nonemaker — Died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  July  14,  1864. 

Uriah  Stahel — Died  September  7th,  of  wounds  received  at  Wel 
don  Railroad,  Va.,  August  19,  1864. 

David  Sheriff— Died  at  Newville,  Pa.,  December  18,  1864. 

Henry  Toomey — Killed  at  the  Weldon  Railroad,  August  19,  1864. 

COMPANY  E. 

Robert  E.  Johnson — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Edward  Bradley — Died  July  i6th,  of  wounds  received  July  10, 
1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

Charles  F.  Barnum — Died  October  12,  1864. 

James  Conway — Killed  at  Petersburg,  June  18,  1864. 

John  C.  Faunce— Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  March  31,  1865. 

Joseph  Irwin — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  I,  1864. 

Edward  McCleary— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  22,  1864. 

David  McAllister — Died  June  2Oth,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

George  Wonderly — Died  June  I9th,  of  wounds  received  at 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 


70  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH    REGIMENT 

COMPANY  F. 

Charles  DeFrancis — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
William  Dugan — Died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  August  8,  1864. 
Andrew  Goodman — Died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  March  10,  1864. 
Samuel  Harp — Died  June  iQth,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

David  James — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Henry  Simrell — Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  September  I,  1864. 

COMPANY  G. 

Asa  Benjamin — Died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  August  6,  1864. 

John  Ely— Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  August  28,  1864. 

Cornelius  Fry — Killed  June  18,  1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

Everett  H.  Felton— Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  October  5,  1864. 

William  H.  Henderson — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  21, 
1864. 

John  Howard — Died  February  15,  1865. 

Charles  Jones — Died  June  22nd,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

William  H.  Miller— Died  July  n,  1864,  at  David's  Island,  New 
York  harbor. 

Joseph  Merrill — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  21,  1864. 

Aaron  Sayer — Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  July  24,  of  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Orin  C.  Tiffany — Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Ansen  Vergason— Died  at  Reading,  Pa.,  May  I,  1864. 

James  Washburn — Died  at  Fallstown,  Pa.,  November  12,  1864. 

Lester  Wright— Died  at  Brooklyn,  Pa.,  November  24,  1864. 

COMPANY  H. 

George  Dosch— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
George  W.  Torbert— Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  iith,  of 

wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Daniel  Courtwright— Died  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  July  n,  1864. 
Smith  Dingo— Died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  August  7,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  7! 

Richard  W.  Derr— Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  5,  1864. 
John  Mumma — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October  n,  1864. 
John  W.  Swanger — Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  September  15,  1864. 
Henry  Shenberger — Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  September  7,  1864. 
Curtis  W.  Tiffany— Died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  29,  1864. 
Henry  S.  Whitney — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  July  5,  1864. 
Benjamin  F.  Will— Died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  July  28,  1864. 
Orange  P.  Whitney — Missing  in  action,  August  21,  1864,  at  the 
Weldon  Railroad. 

COMPANY  I. 

James  W.  Byers— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Guy  D.  Ball— Killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

Albert  Balfour— Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  June  25,  1864. 

Lewis  J.  Bausman — Died  November  27,  1864. 

Verus  N.  Bordman — Died  August  14,  1864. 

James  Brown — Died  October  5,  1864. 

Philip  T.  Christian — Drowned  May  27,  1864,  in  the  Chesapeake 
Bay. 

Levi  Hurst — Died  at  New  York,  July  28,  1864,  of  wounds  re 
ceived  in  action. 

Nicholas  Park — Died  August  5,  1864. 

Charles  E.  Smith — Died  July  20,  1864. 

COMPANY  K. 

O.  V.  Ammerman — Killed  June  18,  1864. 

Adam  Bowers — Died  August  8,  1864. 

James  Boyde — Died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  July  i8th,  of  wounds 

received  June  18,  1864. 

Prescot  K.  Barker — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  8,  1864. 
Frederick   Knicht — Died   at   City   Point,   Va.,   August    nth,   of 

wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 
Josiah  Lenig — Died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  September  20,  1864. 
Robert  Scott— Died  August  8,  1864. 


72  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

Amos  Woolheater — Died  June  30,  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

William  E.  Wallace— Died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  August  10,  1864. 
John  V.  Wallace — Died  January  19,  1864. 
Daniel  Yoder — Died  July  3,  1864. 


i   Q.   M.   MATTHEW   McCALL. 

2   HOSPITAL   STEWARD   GEORGE  W.   KENNEDY. 
3  ADJUTANT  JEROME  W.  HENRY. 


i  and  2  ASSISTANT  SURGEON  THEODORE  JACOBS, 
3  ASSISTANT   SURGEON  JAMES   F.   MAHON. 

4  MAJOR  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK. 
5  ASSISTANT  SURGEON  W.  W.  WEBB. 


i  CAPTAIX  MORGAN  HART,  COMPANY  A.          2  JOHN  HENRY. 
3  PHILANDER  BOCKUS.  4  LIEUT.  TIMOTHY  B.  CULVER. 


VERSITY 

or 


i  HON.  WILLIAM  A.  STONE. 

President  Survivors'  Association. 

2  CORPORAL  WILLIAM  STONE,  COMPANY  A. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  77 

CHAPTER  V. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  i87TH  REGIMENT  PENNSYLVANIA  INFANTRY. 

Enlisted  for  Three  Years  or  During  the  War.    Incorporated  With 

the  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  Fifth  Corps, 

Army  of  the  Potomac. 

ITS  ORGANIZATION. 

THE  early  part  of  January,  1864,  the  officers  of  the  First 
Battalion,  Pennsylvania  Six  Months'  Volunteers,  received 
orders  to  re-enlist  the  men  of  the  Battalion  for  three  years, 
or  during  the  war.  A  large  number  of  the  men  enlisted  for  three 
years  before  being  mustered  out  of  the  Six  Months'  service; 
others  were  mustered  out  on  January  9,  1864,  but  at  once  re- 
enlisted.  Several  of  the  officers  of  the  Battalion  opened  recruit 
ing  stations  at  Philadelphia  and  other  points  in  the  State,  and  by 
the  middle  of  February,  Companies  A,  B,  C,  D,  E  and  F  had  en 
listed  their  full  quota  of  men,  Captain  William  Young,  of  Com 
pany  C,  having  enlisted  over  six  hundred  men.  They  were  as 
sembled  at  Camp  Curtin,  at  Harrisburg,  where  they  were  fully 
armed  and  equipped  and  drilled.  Several  of  the  Companies 
were  then  sent  to  the  various  county  seats  of  the  State,  namely, 
Lancaster,  Lycoming,  Blair,  Franklin,  Cumberland  and  Schuyl- 
kill,  to  assist  the  Provost  Marshals  in  the  performance  of  their 
duties.  On  the  24th  of  March  the  following  order  was  issued 
from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Department  of  the  Susquehanna : 

HEADQUARTERS,  DEPARTMENT  OF  Sus- 
GENERAL  ORDERS.  QUEHANNA,    CHAMBERSBURG,    PA., 

No.  20.  MARCH  24,  1864. 

Authority  having  been  granted  by  the  War  Department  to 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  Department  of  the  Susquehanna, 
the  First  Battalion,  Three  Years'  Pennsylvania  Volunteers 
(formerly  Six  Months'  Volunteers),  consisting  of  six  Com 
panies  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  for  three  years,  or 
5 


78  HISTORY    01?     I87TH     REGIMENT 

during  the  war,  is  authorized  to  recruit  to  ten  Companies  of  the 
maximum  strength. 

This  Battalion  is  on  provost  duty  in  this  department,  and  it 
offers  a  good  opportunity  to  those  persons  who  have  been  in  the 
service,  and  have  been  honorably  discharged,  to  re-enter,  and  to 
those  of  good  character  who  have  not  been  in  the  service,  to  enter 
the  same.  Only  those  known  to  the  recruiting  officers,  and  per 
sons  authorized  to  recruit,  as  being  reliable  and  trustworthy,  will 
be  received,  as  the  nature  of  the  duty  this  Battalion  is  called 
upon  to  perform  is  such  that  it  requires  soldiers  in  whom  the 
commanding  officers  can  place  confidence. 

Persons  taking  advantage  of  the  benefits  arising  from  en 
listment  in  this  Battalion  will  receive  the  bounties  paid  by  the 
Government  as  authorized  in  existing  orders. 

The  officers  must  be  men  who  have  had  some  experience 
in  the  military  service,  intelligent  and  of  good  character ;  and  only 
those  bringing  the  requisite  number  of  men  and  possessing  the 
above  qualifications  will  be  recommended  to  the  Governor  of  the 
State  for  commissions. 

Recruits  and  persons  having  squads  of  recruits  will  report 
to  Captain  George  W.  Merrick,  First  Battalion,  Three  Years' 
Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  recruiting  officer  for  the  same  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Application  to  enter  this  Battalion  must  be  made  at  once,  that 
the  Companies  may  be  filled  and  organized  before  the  I5th  of 
April  next,  after  which  date  the  additional  Government  bounties, 
as  now  paid,  will  be  discontinued,  and  only  the  one  hundred  dol 
lars  bounty  will  be  paid,  as  provided  by  the  Act  approved  July. 
22,  1861. 

By  command  of  Major  General  Couch. 

Official : ,  JOHN  S.  SCHUI/TZE, 

Aide-de-Camp.          Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

Under  this  order  the  Regiment  was  organized  at  Camp 
Curtin,  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  in  March,  and  by  the  seventh  day  of  May 
Companies  G,  H,  I  and  K  had)  recruited  their  full  number  of 
men  and  were  armed,  equipped  and  drilled  for  active  service. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  79 


CHAPTER  VI. 


MAY  1 7th,  1864,  in  compliance  with  an  order  from  the  War 
Department,  the  various  detachments  assembled  at  Har- 
risburg,  and  on  the  I9th,  under  command  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Joseph  F.  Ramsey,  the  Regiment  marched  from  Camp 
Curtin,  over  the  Susquehanna,  on  the  old  camel  back  bridge  to 
Bridgeport,  from  whence  it  passed  by  rail  over  the  N.  C.  R.  R.  to 
Baltimore,  where  it  was  sheltered  from  the  storm  -during  the  night 
in  the  rooms  of  the  Union  Relief  Association.  On  the  2Oth  it 
proceeded  to  Washington,  and  tarried  for  the  night  in  the  Sol 
diers'  Retreat  of  the  Capital  City.  The  members  of  Company  D 
on  this  day  presented  Captain  J.  A.  Ege  with  a  very  beautiful 
sword  and  belt. 

At  6  a.  m.  on  the  2ist,  the  march  was  resumed  along  Penn 
sylvania  Avenue,  to,  and  over  the  Potomac  on  the  Long  Bridge 
into  the  "Old  Dominion."  A  short  march  and  arms  were  stacked 
at  Fort  Albany,  near  Arlington,  the  home  of  General  Lee.  As 
the  Regiment  moved  over  the  avenue  the  following  dialogue  took 
place:  "Where  from?"  said  a  venerable  patriot.  "Pennsyl 
vania."  "How  long?"  "Ah!  Ah!"  A  few  more  companies 
having  passed  by,  again  came  the  query:  "How  long?  "Three 
years,"  rang  out  in  a  chorus.  "God  bless  you ;  God  bless  Penn 
sylvania."  So  the  length  of  the  service  had  all  to  do  with  the 
old  patriarch's  blessing. 

The  first  camp  in  Virginia  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  was  fami 
liar  ground  to  many  of  the  boys,  having  trodden  the  same  soil 
on  that  spot  prior  to  Antietam.  The  location  of  the  camp  was 
a  beautiful  one,  overlooking  the  City  of  Washington  and  the 
sluggish  waters  of  the  Potomac  River,  surrounded  on  all  sides 
by  Union  forts  and  soldiers.  Two  brigades  of  negro  soldiers 
were  encamped  about  500  yards  from  our  camp.  General  Lee's 
old  mansion  was  in  view.  This  camp  was  on  Arlington  Heights, 
near  Fort  Albany. 


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May  22nd,  remained  at  this  camp  all  day,  had  Battalion  drill 
in  the  afternoon;  weather  exceedingly  warm. 

May  23rd,  still  in  the  same  camp,  had  Company  drill  in  the 
morning  and  Battalion  drill  in  the  afternoon. 

May  24th,  still  in  the  same  camp,  received  orders  to  be  ready 
to  move  in  the  evening.  Drew  shoes  and  some  clothing. 

May  25th,  weather  very  disagreeable;  raining  very  fast  all 
day;  cleared  up  in  the  evening;  broke  camp  and  marched  to 
Alexandria,  Va. ;  arrived  there  about  7  o'clock  p.  m.  Regiment 
embarked  on  Government  transports  D.  H.  Mount  and  the 
Thorn ;  lay  in  the  harbor  all  that  night. 

May  26th,  set  sail  from  Alexandria  at  daybreak  for  Port 
Royal,  Va.  Scenery  grand ;  passed  Fort  Washington  and  Mt. 
Vernon  early  in  the  evening;  cast  anchor  at  Point  Lookout,  on 
Chesapeake  Bay,  about  sunset ;  stayed  about  two  hours  and  then 
set  sail  once  more ;  sailed  nearly  all  night. 

May  27th,  on  waking  this  morning  we  found  ourselves  just 
entering  the  mouth  of  the  Rappahannock  River.  Sailed  up  to 
Urbanna  and  our  escort  (a  gunboat)  went  back.  Waited  until  3 
o'clock  p.  m. ;  set  sail  with  an  escort  of  two  gunboats,  it  being 
unsafe  for  us  to  venture  alone  as  the  country  was  infested  with 
guerillas.  We  proceeded  up  the  river  till  dark,  when  we  run 
aground  and  stuck  fast  in  the  mud,  and  were  unable  to  get  off 
that  night.  Philip  F.  Christian,  of  Company  I,  was  drowned. 


MARCH  FROM  PORT  ROYAL  TO  COLD  HARBOR. 


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CHAPTER   VII. 


THE  morning  of  the  28th,  found  the  Regiment  on  the  beauti 
ful  and  historic  Rappahannock.  Here  it  was  greeted  by 
every  demonstration  of  joy  and  welcome  by  the  loyal 
blacks  upon  the  grand  old  plantations  that  lined  its  banks.  Port 
Royal  was  reached  on  the  29th,  and  the  Regiment  disembarked 
and  went  into  bivouac  near  the  town.  The  time  consumed  at 
Port  Royal  was  employed  in  getting  together  the  necessary  sup 
plies,  supply  trains,  etc.,  in  order  to  march  towards  Cold  Harbor. 

On  the  3 ist,  at  9.  a.  m.,  the  march  was  resumed,  but  before 
leaving  Port  Royal  we  destroyed  by  fire  all  surplus  clothing,  bag 
gage,  etc.,  and  after  a  hard  march  over  a  rough  country,  Bowling 
Green  was  reached  at  9  a.  m.,  June  ist.  The  atmosphere  was 
very  hot,  the  roads  very  sandy  and  dusty.  After  the  first  day's 
march,  the  sun's  effect  began  to  tell  on  the  men  and  they  began 
to  unload,  throwing  away  such  articles  of  clothing  as  they  thought 
they  would  not  need,  soon  the  road  was  littered  with  all  kinds 
of  clothing,  such  as  overcoats,  blankets,  caps,  coats,  blouses, 
pants  and  under  clothing.  Moseby's  and  White's  band  of 
Guerrillas  were  constantly  on  the  flank  of  the  regiment,  two  Rebel 
scouts  being  captured  on  the  way. 

At  ii  a.  m.,  the  march  was  resumed  and  after  a  very 
tedious  tramp  the  Mattapony  River  was  reached.  The  bridge 
being  burned  another  was  constructed,  and  the  i87th  passed  to 
the  south  side.  The  ground  being  unfavorable,  the  Regiment 
recrossed  the  river  under  command  of  Major  George  W.  Mer- 
rick  and  went  into  camp  in  a  strong  position. 

THE  FIRST  ALARM. 

About  midnight  a  solitary  picket  shot  was  heard,  and  then 
another  and  another,  until  the  picket  was  almost  generally 
engaged  in  firing  at  some  supposed  enemy.  The  regiment  was 


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soon  aroused  from  its  slumber  and  formed  in  line  of  battle  ready 
for  the  foe.  No  Rebels  appearing  and  quiet  being  restored  on  the 
picket  line  it  soon  sank  into  much  needed  sleep. 

Continuing  the  march  on  the  2nd,  at  12  m.  it  halted  beside 
a  beautiful  stream,  and  dinner  over,  the  boys  obeyed  the  injunc 
tion,  namely:  "Cleanliness  is  next  to  Godliness,"  by  bathing  in 
its  pure  and  refreshing  waters  to  their  heart's  content. 

UNDER  SKIRMISH  FIRE. 

During  the  afternoon  the  iS/th  moved  forward,  with  Com 
pany  B,  Captain  D.  Z.  Seip,  thrown  out  as  skirmishers,  Lieutenant 
S.  I.  Adams  in  advance,  pushed  up  the  stream  for  about  a  mile, 
when  a  band  of  Rebels  were  espied  in  the  distance.  Brisk  firing 
began  between  the  two  forces,  resulting  in  the  retiring  of  the 
enemy. 

A  number  of  negroes  were  captured  and  much  valuable 
information  was  obtained  from  them.  At  3  p.  m.,  the  Regiment 
reached  the  skirmish  line,  and  then  with  Companies  A  and  B  as 
skirmishers,  the  march  was  continued. 

The  skirmishers  experienced  many  hardships  in  passing 
through  thickets,  over  streams,  etc.  Finally,  in  a  drenching  rain 
it  went  into  camp  on  the  slope  of  a  large  hill  for  the  night,  lulled 
to  sleep  by  the  artillery  salvoes  from  the  field  of  Cold  Harbor. 

During  the  night  the  iS/th  was  joined  by  some  8,000  troops, 
consisting  of  the  Second  Pennsylvania  Heavy  Artillery,  the  Tenth 
New  York  Heavy  Artillery,  a  Regiment  of  stragglers,  deserters, 
etc.,  under  command  of  Colonel  Gregory;  Captain  John  B. 
Eaton's  Battery  of  Light  Artillery,  the  Twenty-first  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  dismounted,  and  a  pontoon  train  in  charge  of  Captain 
Henderson,  all  under  command  of  Colonel  Gibson,  of  the  Second 
Pennsylvania  Heavy  Artillery. 

On  the  3rd,  the  column  of  infantry,  cavalry  and  artillery 
moved  on  and  reached  Beulah  Church,  a  large  brick  edifice 
erected  in  1846,  and  situated  in  a  grand  old  forest  of  oaks,  etc. 

After  dinner  and  a  short  halt  in  this  beautiful  place,  the 
march  was  resumed,  passing  Elliottsville  during  the  afternoon, 


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moving  in  the  direction  of  the  Pawmunky  River,  reaching  there 
and  bivouacing  at  nightfall. 

REBEL  DEMONSTRATION. 

The  enemy  having  made  some  demonstrations  on  the  rear 
and  flank  of  the  Regiment,  a  part  of  Company  B,  under  Captain 
Seip,  was  thrown  out  as  pickets  along  the  road  just  traversed,  to 
guard  against  any  sudden  attack  in  that  direction. 

At  5  a.  m.,  on  the  4th,  the  pickets  were  recalled  and  the 
column  crossed  the  river  on  a  pontoon  bridge  about  12  m.  and 
went  into  camp. 

WITH  THE  ARMY  OF  THE  POTOMAC. 

After  marching  seventy  miles  in  less  than  five  days  and  cross 
ing  three  rivers  and  building  one  bridge,  the  iS/th,  in  the  midst 
of  a  heavy  storm,  stacked  arms  within  the  battle  beaten  ranks  of 
Meade's  Army  at  Cold  Harbor,  on  the  evening  of  the  4th,  while 
the  thundering  of  the  guns  all  night  long  welcomed  it  into  the 
stern  realities  of  war. 


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CHICKAHOMINY     SWAMP. 


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CHAPTER    VIII. 


THROUGH  rain  and  mud  all  day  Sunday,  the  5th,  it  marched 
and  countermarched  about  thirty  miles  along  the  lines  of 
the  army,  when  at  5  p.  m.  it  reached  a  point  on  the  Mechan- 
icsville  road,  near  Shady  Grove  Church,  on  the  Chickahominy 
River,  and  in  support  of  the  Fifth  Corps. 

UNDER  FIRE  AT  COLD  HARBOR. 

Heavy  picket  firing  ran  along  the  lines  of  the  opposing  forces 
until  10  p.  m.,  when  the  Rebels  made  a  fierce  attack  on  Warren's 
men,  the  Regiment  responded  to  the  command,  "Fall  in" 
promptly,  and  soon  stood  to  arms  in  support  of  the  Fifth  Corps, 
and  after  a  half  hour's  desperate  fighting  the  Union  line  stood 
intact,  and  the  Rebels  were  repulsed  at  all  points. 

About  ii  p.  m.,  the  enemy  made  another  determined  fight  to 
break  the  Fifth  Corps  line,  but  only  to  meet  with  the  same  dis 
astrous  defeat.  Rebel  bullets  fell  plentifully  in  the  ranks  of  the 
i S/th,  but  fortunately  it  suffered  no  loss.  On  the  cessation  of  the 
fighting  the  Regiment,  with  the  Fifth  Corps,  moved  to  the  left 
center,  and  early  on  the  6th  was  in  reserve. 

This  day  the  i87th  was  incorporated  with  the  First  Brigade, 
First  Division  of  the  Fifth  Corps.  The  other  Regiments  of  the 
Brigade  were  as  follows:  I43rd,  i4Qth  and  the  i5Oth  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers ;  the  iS/th  taking  the  place  of  the  Fourth  Dela 
ware,  the  Brigade  was  thenceforth  known  as  the  "Keystone,"  com 
manded  by  Colonel  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  he  succeeding  Gen 
eral  Bragg.  General  Charles  C.  Griffin  commanding  the  Division, 
and  General  G.  K.  Warren  the  Corps. 

Early  on  the  7th,  the  Corps  moved  to  the  extreme  left  of 
the  Army,  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Chickahominy  and  began 
entrenching  its  position,  and  here,  for  the  next  six  days,  it  was 
exposed  to  a  murderous  fire  from  the  Rebel  batteries  and  pickets. 

On  the  7th  the  Brigade  was  located  about  a  mile  from  the 


86  HISTORY    OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

Chickahominy,  and  about  five  miles  from  Bottom  Bridge,  and  for 
several  days  the  Regiment  did  picket  duty  along  the  stream. 

June  8th,  remained  behind  our  works ;  all  quiet  excepting 
some  picket  firing  and  cannonading  in  our  front. 

June  9th,  still  in  the  same  position ;  had  Company  drill  in  the 
morning,  dress  parade  in  the  evening. 

June  loth,  yet  in  the  old  position,  nothing  of  importance 
transpiring;  Company  drill  in  the  morning,  Battalion  drill  in  the 
afternoon. 

June  nth,  still  in  same  camp,  every  thing  quiet;  Twenty-first 
Pennsylvania  Cavalry  is  lying  on  our  left. 

June  1 2th,  Sunday,  found  us  still  in  our  old  camp;  received 
the  first  mail  to-day  since  we  left  Harrisburg,  some  of  the  boys 
received  five  and  six  letters;  were  ordered  to  pack  up  and  be 
ready  to  march  at  any  moment.  Took  up  the  march  at  dark  and 
after  four  hours'  march  halted  on  the  north  bank  of  the  Chicka 
hominy  River,  and  slept  there  until  morning. 

JUNE  12,  1864,  ON  THE  PICKET  LINE. 

On  the  morning  of  June  I2th  Lieutenant  John  E.  Reilly,  of 
Company  F,  with  a  detachment  of  men  from  the  Regiment,  was 
detailed  for  picket.  The  Lieutenant  was  placed  in  charge  of  the 
Division  pickets  along  the  Chickahominy.  This  river  was  com 
posed  of  a  number  of  narrow  streams  running  through  and 
between  numerous  small  islands  at  low  water,  and  at  high  water, 
the  river  covered  several  hundred  yards  of  meadows  of  the  low 
lands  along  which  we  picketed  and,  it  being  low  water  at  this  time, 
our  pickets  were  stretched  along  these  narrow  islands  with  instruc 
tions  given  him  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  Reserve  pickets  of 
the  Division,  that  as  the  Army  was  to  move  away,  sometime  dur 
ing  the  night,  he  would  notify  him  about  midnight  to  draw  the 
pickets  in  quietly  and  rejoin  the  Army  as  soon  thereafter  as 
possible.  The  pickets  could  hear  our  troops  moving  all  that  night 
until  midnight,  but  no  one  notified  them  to  leave,  and  knowing 
that  the  Army  had  gone  and  left  them,  between  two  and  three 
o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  I3th,  Lieutenant  Reilly  drew  his 


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men  in  from  the  picket  line.  In  the  darkness  they  lost  the  narrow 
path  along  the  islands  by  which  he  had  placed  each  post  during 
the  morning  before,  and  the  consequence  was  they  pressed  back 
too  far  and  got  into  a  swamp.  Between  this  swamp  and  the 
main  land  our  picket  line  ran.  While  they  were  wallowing 
around  in  the  mire,  the  enemy  jumped  across  the  narrow  stream 
which  had  divided  them,  and  in  their  effort  to  cut  our  men  off, 
they  too,  were  swamped  as  our  pickets  were.  After  plowing 
through  the  mire  knee  deep  until  day  began  to  dawn,  our  pickets 
found  themselves  on  the  edge  of  a  corn  field,  over  which  they 
double  quicked  until  they  reached  the  main  road  over  which  part 
of  our  Army  had  proceeded  the  night  before,  where  they  were 
joined  by  a  First  Lieutenant  and  thirty-nine  men  of  other  Brigade 
pickets  of  our  Division.  But,  the  road  being  sandy  and  very 
much  torn  up  by  the  wheels  of  the  artillery  and  wagons,  we  could 
not  see  which  way  the  foot  prints  in  the  sand  pointed,  conse 
quently  could  not  tell  which  direction  they  marched. 

The  other  officer  and  Lieutenant  Reilly,  who  were  of  equal 
rank,  were  divided  in  opinion  regarding  the  way  they  should  go, 
in  order  to  follow  the  Army ;  and  were  in  a  quandary,  no  reserve 
pickets  having  been  left  to  guide  them.  They  had  no  time  to 
ponder  over  the  matter  as  the  enemy  were  now  in  sight  with  a 
•squadron  of  cavalry  trying  to  cut  them  off.  Lieutenant  Reilly, 
then  gave  as  his  opinion  that  he  had  no  doubt  that  General  Grant, 
was  making  for  the  James  River  as  McClellan  did  in  1862,  to 
make  that  his  base  of  operation  with  the  advantages  of  that 
navigable  river,  and  as  Lieutenant  Reilly  had  been  over  the  same 
ground  with  McClellan,  1862,  he  was  sure  the  James  River  was 
to  the  right  of  where  we  were  at  that  time.  When  the  men  knew 
that  he  had  been  over  the  ground  before  they  all  said  that  they 
should  go  to  the  right.  The  other  officer  then  said  that  if  Reilly 
was  willing  to  assume  the  responsibility,  he  should  take  command, 
which  he  did,  and  having  no  time  to  spare,  as  the  cavalry 
squadron  of  the  enemy  were  crossing  the  cornfield  close  by,  Reilly 
immediately  detailed  ten  men,  who,  with  himself,  took  their  posi 
tions  on  the  bank,  lying  down  in  the  high  grass  to  await  their 
•coming,  at  the  same  time  ordering  the  other  Lieutenant  to  proceed 


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A  NICE  DAY  ON  PICKET. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  89 

down  the  road  on  double  quick  time  in  the  direction  he  supposed 
that  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  had  taken  the  night  before.  They 
did  not  have  long  to  wait  for  as  soon  as  the  enemy  came  within 
range  Lieutenant  Reilly  gave  the  order  to  fire,  causing  them  to 
wheel  about  and  make  for  the  cover  of  the  woods  along  the  Chick- 
ahominv,  whence  they  came.  They  then  slid  down  the  bank  to  the 
road  again  and  proceeded  double  quick  through  the  cut,  to  over 
take  those  who  had  preceded  them.  There  was  an  open  stretch 
of  about  half  a  mile  before  overtaking  the  main  portion  of  the 
detail.  The  enemy  keeping  up  a  running  fire  on  them  until  they 
reached  the  shelter  of  the  woods  beyond,  where  they  met  the 
other  pickets.  They  saw  no  more  of  the  enemy,  only  at  a  dis 
tance  the  rest  of  the  day,  and  not  until  near  midnight  of  the  I3th 
did  they  reach  the  rearguard  of  the  Army,  then  they  had  difficulty 
in  finding  the  Division  pickets.  Then  they  met  the  Captain  who 
had  command  of  the  Division  pickets,  and  who  should  have  gone 
to  them  after  the  Army  had  left  on  the  night  of  the  I2th,  and 
directed  the  commander  of  the  Brigade  pickets  when  to  draw  in 
his  men  from  the  picket  line  and  to  have  left  a  guide  if  he  was 
afraid  to  remain  himself  and  show  them  the  way  that  the  Army 
had  gone.  He  met  Lieutenant  Reilly  with  the  demand  to  know 
where  he  had  been.  Reilly's  answer  was  that  he  had  been  doing 
his  duty,  and  that  was  more  than  he,  the  Captain  could  say.  This 
same  Captain  was  afterwards  tried  and  dismissed  from  the  ser 
vice  for  cowardice. 

CHANGE  OF  BASE. 

About  4  a.  m.  on  the  I3th,  the  Fifth  Corps  left  its  works  and 
crossed  the  Chickahominy  on  a  pontoon  bridge  near  Long's 
Bridge  and  took  the  road  for  Wilcox  Wharf,  on  the  James  River. 
At  12  m.,  White  Oak  swamp  was  reached,  a  short  halt  and  the 
march  was  resumed,  and  all  through  the  night  the  tramp,  tramp 
of  Warren's  men  was  heard. 

At  i  a.  m.,  on  the  I4th,  a  halt  was  called ;  at  4  a.  m.  the  Corps 
was  on  the  move  again,  until  fifty  miles  were  traversed  and  White 
Oak  Swamp  and  the  Peninsula  of  Virginia  were  crossed  and  the 


90  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH    REGIMENT 

flanking  movement  of  Grant's  Army  was  successfully  covered 
by  the  Fifth  Corps.  The  i87th  participated  in  all  these  movements, 
and  at  10.30  a.  m.,  with  Corps,  occupied  the  entrenchments  at 
Charles  City  Court  House,  a  picturesque  Virginia  town. 

The  Fifth  Corps  remained  here  until  daybreak  on  the  i6th, 
when  it  moved  to  the  river  and  the  Regiment  was  ferried  over  the 
historic  James  River,  on  the  tug  Eliza  Hancock,  and  while  the 
Corps  was  crossing,  the  iS/th  enjoyed  a  most  needed  bath  in  the 
pure  waters  of  the  beautiful  stream.  After  drawing  two  days' 
rations,  the  Corps  moved  towards  Petersburg,  on  the  Appomattox 
River  in  Dinwiddie,  Prince  George  and  Chesterfield  Counties. 

The  road  was  rough  and  great  clouds  of  dust  covered  the 
moving  column,  the  sun  in  torrid  rays  beat  upon  Warren's  men 
as,  hour  after  hour,  they  pressed  forward  until  sunset,  when  a 
halt  was  sounded  and  the  jaded  men  of  the  Fifth  Corps  threw 
themselves  upon  the  ground  in  the  hope  of  a  night's  rest,  but 
soon  the  bugle  sounded  the  onward  move. 

Onward  moved  the  column,  the  sun  had  gone  down,  but  the 
burning  sand  still  reflected  its  heat  into  the  faces  of  the  soldiery. 
Far  into  the  night  they  dragged  their  wearied  limbs  before  the 
halt  was  sounded.  At  length  the  Corps  filed  into  a  large  field. 
Arms  stacked  and  supper  over,  Warren's  men  halted  for  a  little 
while  and  then  resumed  the  terrible  march,  and  after  marching 
thirty-six  miles  in  ten  hours,  the  i87th,  with  the  Fifth  Corps, 
stacked  arms  and  exhausted  fell  to  sleep  on  the  spot,  aptly 
described  in  the  lines  of  "Shelby," 

"Death  is  here  and  death  is  there, 
And  death  is  everywhere." 

No  bed  so  soft  as  that  on  which  the  Regiment  reposed  on  the 
night  of  June  i6th,  slumbering  on  unmindful  of  the  cannons'  roar 
and  the  rattling  of  musketry  along  the  lines  of  Petersburg. 

Here  was  the  first  experience  of  a  water  famine.  The 
fatiguing  march  was  accompanied  by  the  accustomed  growling 
and  word  went  along  the  line  that  the  Division  would  halt  as 
soon  as  water  was  reached. 

At  last  it  was  found,  fit  probably,  for  thirsty  soldiers,  but  cer- 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  QI 

tainly  for  none  else.  A  green  slime  floated  on  the  surface,  a 
skillful  and  sudden  movement  with  the  bottom  of  the  tin  cup, 
opened  the  scum,  and  then  a  hurried  dip  before  it  closed  again, 
supplied  a  cupful.  So  urgent  was  the  thirst  that  the  foul,  slimy 
liquid  was  swallowed  with  avidity,  regardless  of  taste  or  conse 
quence.  With  the  daylight  an  attempt  to  wash  in  this  swampy 
bayou  was  speedily  abandoned.  It  revealed  hosts  of  forbidding 
animalculae,  tadpoles,  "zig-zaggers,"  and  every  squirming  insect 
that  found  life  and  comfort  in  such  repulsive  quarters.  The  flavor 
of  the  morning  coffee  disappeared  in  galling  bitterness.  Rather 
than  fill  canteens,  the  men  moved  on  in  hopes  of  finding  something 
better.  They  soon  discovered  their  mistake,  instead  of  finding 
better  there  was  none  at  all.  In  the  section  the  Army  was  ap 
proaching,  and  that  was  long  to  be  its  home,  there  was  no  water 
on  the  surface  during  the  hot  season  just  at  hand.  At  every 
change  of  position  it  was  first  to  dig  for  cover  then  dig  for  water. 


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CHAPTER  IX. 


IN  FRONT  OF  PETERSBURG. 

THE  breaking  of  the  day  of  the  i/th  revealed  the  Fifth  Corps, 
in  support  of  the  Ninth  Corps,  on  the  battlefield  of  Peters 
burg.     Burnside  had  already  moved  to  the  attack  on  the 
Rebel  line,  capturing  guns  and  prisoners. 

The  battle  continued  with  severity  until  the  afternoon,  when 
the  Ninth,  supported  by  the  Fifth  Corps,  drove  the  rebels  into  the 
inner  lines  near  the  city. 

From  7  to  9  p.  m.  there  was  a  lull  in  the  battle.  Suddenly  the 
enemy  made  a  furious  attack  upon  the  Ninth  Corps,  and  suc 
ceeded  in  forcing  it  back  from  its  advanced  position.  The 
prompt  support  of  Warren's  men  prevented  the  further  advance. 
In  all  of  these  encounters  with  the  enemy  the  i87th,  took  a  con 
spicuous  part. 

THE  FIRST  BAPTISM  OF  BLOOD. 

Friday,  June  i8th,  the  sky  was  overcast  with  clouds  and  a 
dense  vapor  enveloped  the  field  of  blood  and  carnage,  the  day  of 
its  bloody  baptism  had  dawned  for  the  i87th. 

At  4  a.  m.  the  Regiment  stood  to  arms  with  the  Fifth  Corps, 
and  soon  thereafter,  advanced. 

About  8  a.  m.  the  Rebel  batteries  opened  fire  on  the  Union 
lines.  During  this  heavy  cannonade  the  Fifth  Corps  moved  into 
line  of  battle.  The  line  of  the  iS/th,  with  the  First  Brigade,  First 
Division,  was  formed  in  a  large  oats  field,  under  cover  of  a  deep 
pine  forest,  running  from  West  to  East,  and  facing  the  South, 
just  to  the  East  and  left  of  the  Regiment,  in  an  open  field,  a 
strong  Union  battery  replied  with  terrible  effect  to  the  Rebel  fire. 

The  shot  and  shell  crashed  and  tore  through  the  woods  from 
the  enemy's  works,  plowing  up  the  ground  along  the  i87th's  posi 
tion  and  wounding  Theodore  R.  Boyles,  of  Company  D.     A  little 
later  on  in  the  day  A.  A.  Wolf,  of  the  Company,  was  wounded. 
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94  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

On  this  part  of  the  field  the  dead  of  both  sides  were  still 
unburied.  In  a  breastwork  which  had  been  occupied  by  the  Con 
federates,  their  dead  lay  four  deep  on  each  other.  The  attack  at 
this  point  had  evidently  been  made  by  the  First  Michigan  sharp 
shooters,  of  Wilcox  Division  of  the  Ninth  Corps,  their  dead  lay 
so  close  that  their  muskets  crossed  each  other. 

There  are  thoughtful  men  who  study  battles,  who  reject  the 
phrase  "piles  of  dead"  as  an  extravagance.  The  Bloody  Lane  at 
Antietam,  the  Bloody  Angle,  at  Spottsylvania,  and  here  at  Peters 
burg,  is  testimony  sufficient  to  justify  its  use.  The  dead  were 
literally  piled  one  upon  the  other.  There  were  few  survivors  on 
either  side. 

About  10.30  a.  m.  the  Regiment,  with  its  Bridgade,  moved 
by  the  left  and  East,  and  thence  South  across  the  Petersburg  and 
Norfolk  railroad,  on  a  bridge  muffled  with  grass.  Turning  West 
it  moved  steadily,  but  surely,  upon  the  right  flank  of  the  rebel 
forces  under  a  hot  and  galling  fire  of  shot  and  shell  from  the 
rebel  guns.  The  rebels  held  the  railroad,  and  a  large  hill  just 
south  of  it.  Now,  as  Warren's  men  were  firmly  advancing  on  the 
flank,  Hancock  pressed  the  rebel  front,  and  about  12  m.  a  simul 
taneous  attack  was  made  through  a  storm  of  fire,  and  death,  and 
blood,  and  carnage,  and  the  Rebel  line,  torn  and  bleeding,  was 
forced  into  the  inner  lines  near  the  city. 

The  enemy  now  held  a  strong  natural  position  and  made  more 
so  by  spade  and  pick  south  of  the  railroad,  while  the  Union  line 
ran  along  the  railroad,  that  part  of  it  where  the  i87th  stood  being 
upon  a  lesser  hill  than  that  occupied  by  the  enemy.  A  meadow 
lay  between  with  a  stream  of  water  coursing  its  way  at  the  base  of 
the  rebel  hill,  designated  as  Reservoir  Hill  by  vVarren's  men. 
The  stream  was  lined  with  scrub  oaks,  etc.  The  distance  between 
the  two  points  was  perhaps  half  a  mile.  The  opposing  forces  lay 
watching  each  other  under  a  heavy  artillery  and  musketry  fire 
for  a  little  while,  when  orders  were  received  to  charge  the  rebel 
position.  Gradually  the  Union  guns  ceased  their  fire.  Mean 
while  Warren's  men  tightened  their  belts,  fixed  their  bayonets 
and  set  their  faces  for  the  next  red  storm  of  war  and  the 
iron  and  leaden  hail  of  battle.  About  3  p.  m.  the  order 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  95 

to  charge  was  received.  The  i87th  moved  to  the  front  line  of  the 
First  Brigade  and  rushed  down  the  hill  on  the  run,  and  with  a 
cheer  reached  the  meadow  below,  under  a  murderous  fire  of 
round  shot,  shell,  grape  and  canister,  that  swept  the  ground 
with  its  fury.  The  wounded  and  dying  increasing,  and  the  dead 
becoming  more  numerous  at  every  step;  but  on  moves  the  Regi 
ment,  across  the  meadow,  over  the  stream  and  up  the  hill,  and 
under  the  biting  and  withering  deadly  fire  that  rained  down  upon 
it  from  the  rebel  stronghold  above.  On  up  to  the  very  guns  of 
the  enemy — but  only  to  be  hurled,  broken  and  bleeding,  back  to 
the  base  of  the  hill.  The  Regiment  still  clung  to  the  meadow 
and  tenaciously  held  its  ground,  while  the  air  was  filled  with 
strange  sounds  and  the  earth  shook  with  the  heavy  concussions  of 
the  artillery  and  exposed  to  a  fire  in  front  and  flank  so  deadly  that 
no  flesh  could  endure  it.  It  was  forced  to  retire,  which  it 
did  under  cover  of  the  Union  guns,  under  as  destructive  and 
deadly  a  fire  as  ever  swept  a  field  of  battle.  At  4  p.  m.  it  held 
its  original  line  just  South  of  the  railroad.  About  5  p.  m.  the 
Rebels  made  a  counter  attack,  but  met  with  a  bloody  repulse. 
At  7  p.  m.  the  Regiment  moved  down  into  the  ravine  from 
which  it  had  been  driven,  for  the  purpose  of  storming  the 
works  above  them.  The  boys  of  the  i87th  realized  the  full 
importance  and  danger  of  the  movement  about  to  be  executed 
by  them;  they  knew  that  many  of  them  would  be  called  upon 
to  yield  up  life  in  the  advance  upon  the  rebel  works.  Strips 
of  paper  bearing  their  names  were  fastened  to  each  coat  lapel, 
that  the  survivors  might  be  able  to  identify  their  lifeless  bodies 
and  give  them  proper  care  after  the  failure  that  they  knew  this 
forlorn  hope  would  be.  For  nine  long  hours  Warren's  men 
anxiously  awaited  the  order  to  go  in,  but  it  came  not,  and  at  dawn 
on  the  1 9th,  the  i87th,  with  its  Division,  was  withdrawn  and  fell 
to  entrenching  its  position  on  the  P.  &  N.  R.  R.  'In  the  battle  of 
the  1 8th,  the  1 87th,  by  the  Government  records,  lost  in  killed  and 
wounded,  etc.,  189.  By  Lieutenant  Colonel  Ramsey's  report  200, 
and  more  than  all  the  rest  of  the  First  Brigade  lost,  and  more 
than  the  loss  of  any  other  Regiment  in  the  Fifth  Corps. 

Its  intrepid  bearing  under  fire  for  the  first  time  in  a  general 


96  HISTORY     OF     iS/TH     REGIMENT 

engagement  won  the  "special  commendation"  of  its  Brigade  com 
mander,  General  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  who  was  severely 
wounded  as  he  led  his  men  into  the  thickest  of  the  fight.  Major 
George  W.  Merrick,  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Jessup,  of  Company 
B;  Comrade  RodenhofTer,  of  Company  F;  Comrade  Nash,  of 
Company  C,  each  lost  a  leg,  and  Comrade  Waldron,  of  Company 
C,  lost  an  arm  in  the  charge.  This  was  the  first  immolation  of  the 
Regiment  upon  the  altar  of  liberty,  and  it  attests  its  patriotism 
and  loyalty  to  the  flag  and  the  Constitution. 

June  18,  1864,  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  (Extract  from  the  Diary 
of  Lieutenant  John  E.  Reilly,  Company  F,  i87th  Regiment  P. 
V.I.) 

After  a  double  quick  movement  to  the  left  before  reaching 
the  woods  where  we  formed  line  of  battle,  we  were  obliged  to 
cross  a  wide  opening,  through  which  the  enemy  had  clean  sweep 
upon  us  with  their  artillery  from  the  fort  on  the  hill  which  we 
afterwards  charged.  After  forming  a  line  in  the  woods,  which 
was  very  dense,  and  when  we  reached  the  outer  edge  of  the  same, 
fronting  the  enemy's  works,  the  right  and  left  of  the  Regiment 
had  almost  doubled  up  on  the  centre,  owing  to  a  mistake  of  the 
commanding  officer  in  directing  alignment  while  advancing 
throught  the  woods.  Had  the  enemy  opened  fire  on  us  then,  as 
they  did  shortly  after,  the  Regiment  would  have  lost  very  heavily. 
Major  Merrick,  seeing  the  predicament  we  were  in,  then  ordered 
the  Regiment  to  move  by  right  and  left  flank,  thus  extricating  us 
from  the  dangerous  position  that  we  were  in.  This  was  done  none 
too  soon,  for  the  enemy's  batteries  soon  opened  a  terrific  fire  upon 
us,  as  we  advanced  to  the  knoll  behind  which  we  lay  until  ordered 
at  3  o'clock  that  afternoon  to  charge  the  enemy's  fort  on  the  hill 
opposite.  After  crossing  the  knoll  the  enemy's  guns  had  clean 
sweep  upon  us  as  we  charged  down  the  stubbled  hill  into  the 
ravine,  over  the  ditch  and  up  the  hill  to  their  fort,  compelling 
them  to  leave  their  guns.  There  was  nothing  between  a  portion 
of  our  Regiment  and  these  guns  but  the  abatis  and  ditch  outside 
of  the  fort,  and  had  we  been  properly  supported,  the  iS/th  Regi 
ment  would  have  had  the  credit  of  occupying  "Rive's  Salient"  on 
the  1 8th  of  June,  and  there  would  not  have  been  so  many  lives 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  97 

sacrificed  later  in  trying  to  capture  the  same.  When  the  enemy 
saw  that  we  had  not  taken  advantage  of  their  leaving,  they  came 
back  to  the  fort,  and  seeing  the  condition  in  front  of  them,  opened 
with  their  guns  upon  us.  We  lay  down  so  close  to  the  fort  that 
they  could  not  depress  their  guns  enough  to  do  us  any  damage. 
The  infantry  then  opened  upon  us  and  compelled  us  to  roll 
down  the  hill  into  the  ravine ;  during  all  this  time  we  missed 
the  intelligent  direction  of  General  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain  and 
Major  George  W.  Merrick,  both  of  whom  had  been  seriously 
wounder  early  in  the  fight.  After  lying  at  the  foot  the  hill 
but  a  short  time,  the  enemy  placed  a  battery  in  position  to  rake 
the  ravine,  killing  and  wounding  a  number  of  our  men.  While 
lying  there,  seeing  that  we  could  not  remain  long  in  this 
advanced  position  unless  this  battery  was  silenced,  Captain  Seip, 
Lieutenant  Gore  and  myself  concluded  that  if  they  knew  at 
Bridgade  Headquarters  (which  was  then  back  of  the  knoll) 
that  the  enemy  had  a  battery  raking  our  position  in  the  ravine, 
they  would  have  one  of  our  batteries  open  on  them,  and  that 
some  one  should  be  sent  back  to  notify  them.  It  being  a  very 
dangerous  task  to  attempt  to  get  back  over  the  stubbled  hill, 
and  as  no  one  seemed  willing  to  try  it,  I  said  that  I  would 
go,  as  two  of  my  Company  had  already  been  killed  by  the  firing 
from  these  guns,  and  the  probability  of  none  of  us  living  long 
under  their  destructive  firing,  I  asked  Lieutenant  Gore  to  see  that 
my  men  lay  close  to  the  foot  of  the  hill  so  as  to  escape  as  much 
as  possible  the  infantry  fire  of  the  enemy,  as  well  as  the  fire  from 
their  batteries.  As  soon  as  I  started  to  cross  the  ravine  I  became 
a  target  for  the  infantry ;  so  I  got  back  over  the  hill  in  plunges, 
by  running  ten  or  twelve  feet  and  throwing  myself  forward 
among  the  stumps  of  trees  with  which  the  hill  was  covered,  they 
having  cut  down  all  the  wooded  part  of  the  hill  before  we  got 
there,  so  as  to  give  open  range  for  their  guns.  When  I  was 
making  my  last  plunge  for  the  stone  fence  on  the  crest,  behind 
which  I  found  a  part  of  the  Regiment,  the  volley  fired  at  me  by 
the  enemy  killed  Sergeant  Janus  Moore,  of  Company  C,  who  had 
just  raised  himself  from  his  lying  position  to  fire,  when  he  was 
struck  by  one  of  the  enemy's  bullets.  When  I  got  behind  the  knoll 


98  HISTORY     OF     I87TH     REGIMENT 

I  found  that  General  Chamberlain  had  been  wounded  and  taken 
to  the  rear,  and  that  Colonel  Irwin  was  temporarily  in  command 
of  the  Brigade.  I  reported  to  him  the  dangerous  position  we 
were  in  and  that  we  could  not  get  out  of  it  alive  unless  a  battery 
was  placed  in  position  to  cover  us.  He  at  first  did  not  believe  it 
possible  for  the  enemy  to  place  a  battery  in  position  that  could 
rake  down  through  the  ravine.  I  said,  "Colonel,  if  you  were 
down  there  where  our  men  are  and  where  I  have  just  come  from, 
you  would  know  it,"  at  the  time  telling  of  my  experience  in  com 
ing  back  in  order  to  try  to  save  the  lives  of  the  hundred  or  more 
of  brave  men  who  were  still  in  the  ravine.  While  I  was  talking  to 
him  a  grape  shot  came  bounding  over  the  hill  from  the  direction 
in  which  the  battery  lay,  which  caused  him  and  the  others  to  crawl 
down  further  behind  the  knoll,  I  said  to  him,  "Do  you  believe  it 
now,  Colonel?"  He  then  sent  one  of  his  Aids  over  to  General 
Griffin  for  a  battery.  I  then  gathered  five  or  six  men  from  the 
different  Companies  of  the  Regiment,  and  started  to  go  back  to 
the  ravine.  Lieutenant  Orville  D.  Harder,  of  Company  C  (who 
was  an  Aide-de-Camp  on  the  Brigade  staff),  said,  "Johnnie,  don't 
you  attempt  to  go  back  over  that  hill."  I  said,  "Orville,  my  Com 
pany  is  down  in  that  ravine,  and  I  told  them  when  leaving  them 
that  if  I  lived  I  would  be  back,  so  I  must  get  there,  somehow."  He 
said,  "Good-bye,  old  boy,  I  hope  that  you  will  live  to  get  there." 
It  was  dusk,  and  I  thought  by  hugging  close  to  a  clump  of  sap 
lings  to  the  right  of  the  hill,  we  would  not  draw  the  enemy's 
fire,  or  at  least  escape  the  fire  from  their  artillery,  but  just  as  we 
got  over  the  knoll  and  were  descending  the  brow,  I  was  hit  in 
the  head  and  temporarily  knocked  out;  but  while  the  men  were 
carrying  me  to  the  rear,  I  recovered  consciousness  and  under 
cover  of  darkness  returned  to  the  ravine.  Fortunately  the  bullet 
that  struck  me  had  hit  a  sapling  and  glanced  along  the  side  of  my 
head,  causing  a  contused  wound  and  rupturing  the  tympanum  of 
my  right  ear,  the  blood  having  gushed  from  my  ear,  down 
around  my  neck.  When  I  reached  my  Company  some  of  the 
boys  thought  that  I  had  been  trying  to  cut  my  throat.  Before 
daybreak  next  day  we  were  piloted  out  one  and  two  at  a  time  by 
some  men  from  the  Ninth  Corps.  The  next  day  Dr.  Webb 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  99 

dressed  my  wound  and  thinking"  it  of  a  serious  nature,  ordered  me 
to  be  taken  to  the  hospital  at  City  Point,  but  I  refused  to  go  as  I 
was  the  only  officer  with  my  Company.  General  Griffin,  hearing 
of  this,  sent  for  me  and  made  me  recorder  of  a  Board  of  Inquiry 
to  examine  into  charges  which  had  been  accumulating  at  Division 
Headquarters  since  the  beginning  of  the  Wilderness  Campaign. 
After  getting  through  with  the  work  and  making  a  report  of  the 
same,  General  Griffin  issued  an  order  making  me  Judge  Advocate, 
of  the  Division,  and  requested  that  I  remain  at  Headquarters  until 
my  wound  was  entirely  well.  After  getting  through  with  the 
first  batch  of  cases  which  had  been  sent  to  me,  and  while  waiting 
for  other  charges  and  specifications  to  be  prepared,  I  asked  to 
be  relieved  from  Headquarter's  duty  for  a  few  days  so  that  I 
could  be  with  my  Company  out  at  the  breast  works.  While  there 
on  the  26th  of  July,  Adjutant  Henry  said  to  me  that  the  Regi 
ment  was  then  short  of  officers  for  duty,  and  he  did  not  know  who 
to  detail  for  picket.  I  volunteered  to  go  on  duty  that  night,  the 
left  of  our  pickets  was  on  the  right  side  of  the  Jerusalem  Plank 
road.  About  midnight  the  Sergeant  came  to  me  and  said  that 
one  of  the  Rebel  pickets  was  acting  very  suspiciously  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Plank  road.  I  immediately  went  down  to  that  end  of 
the  line,  and  sure  enough,  there  was  a  tall  Johnnie  leaning  on  a 
fence  post  (there  being  no  rails),  and  as  it  was  an  elegant  moon 
light  night  we  could  see  very  plainly,  I  told  the  Sergeant  to  detail 
two  or  three  of  the  pickets  and  lie  in  the  bushes  close  to  the  road, 
and  I  would  go  back  and  cross  over  inside  of  our  breast  works  to 
the  other  side  of  the  road,  and  crawl  up  the  gully  on  that  side  until 
I  got  under  him,  while  they  covered  him  with  their  muskets,  but 
not  to  fire  until  I  was  compelled  to  do  so  with  my  revolver.  When 
he  saw  my  head  above  the  bank  he  made  a  move  as  if  to  pick  up  his 
gun,  but  seeing  that  I  had  him  covered  with  my  revolver,  he  slid 
down  the  bank  into  the  gully  as  I  ordered  him,  I  then  marched 
him  inside  of  our  works  ahead  of  me,  covering  him  with  my 
revolver  all  the  time.  I  got  him  something  to  eat,  for  he  said 
that  he  had  nothing  to  eat  for  three  days  except  a  few  pieces 
of  hard  tack.  This  was  about  midnight  on  the  26th.  Next 
day,  on  the  27th,  I  took  my  prisoner  to  the  Division  Head- 


100  HISTORY    OF     l87TH     REGIMENT 

quarters,  where  I  remained  on  duty  as  Division  Judge  Advocate 
until  the  night  before  we  started  for  the  Weldon  R.  R.,  when,  at 
my  request,  supported  by  that  of  Colonel  Tilden,  who  then  com 
manded  the  Bridgade,  I  was  relieved  from  Headquarter's  duty  to 
take  command  of  my  Company  in  that  movement. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Thomas  Chamberlain,  Historian  of  the 
i5Oth  P.  V.  of  our  Brigade,  writes  as  follows  of  this  battle : 

"In  the  general  advance  of  the  Second,  Ninth  and  Fifth 
Corps,  on  the  morning  of  June  i8th,  the  Fifth  was  on  the  left  and 
had  the  greatest  distance  to  travel,  probably  not  less  than  a  mile 
and  a  half.  The  ground  was  very  irregular,  being  broken  by 
ravines  and  by  the  Norfolk  Railroad  cut,  which  made  the  move 
ment  very  laborious,  and  necessitated  some  readjustment  of  the 
lines  before  the  final  dash  upon  the  enemy's  works.  Griffin's  Divi 
sion  of  which  the  isoth  was  a  part,  formed  for  the  assault  under 
cover  of  a  slight  elevation  about  three  hundred  yards  from  the 
Rebel  forts,  and  elaborate  instructions  were  given  to  Brigade  and 
Regimental  commanders,  as  to  the  manner  of  their  advance  and 
the  objective  point  of  each.  To  the  i5Oth,  naturally  fell  the  duty  of 
leading  the  way  as  skirmishers  for  the  Brigade,  and  Major  Jones 
was  ordered  at  a  given  signal — the  firing  of  a  certain  battery — to 
move  rapidly  across  the  first  ravine  in  front  to  the  brow  of  a 
rising  ground  beyond,  from  which — if  the  supporting  lines  fol 
lowed  closely  and  in  good  order,  he  was  to  advance  precipitately 
across  a  second  ravine  and  press  on  until  he  struck  the  rebel 
works. 

These  were  to  be  carried,  if  possible ;  or,  if  that  could  not  be 
accomplished,  the  nearest  elevation  was  to  be  held  and  fortified. 
At  the  signal  which  was  given  about  four  p.  m.,  Major  Jones' 
command  sprang  nimbly  through  the  hollow  to  the  summit  of 
the  little  hill,  and  seeing  the  long  line  of  the  iS/th  Pennsylvania 
following  in  admirable  array,  with  the  other  supports  close  upon 
their  heels,  dashed  swiftly  into  the  second  ravine  and  up  its  farther 
slope  to  the  very  base  of  the  formidable  earthworks. 

During  this  time  the  enemy  was  not  idle.  The  forts  and 
connecting  entrenchments  were  strongly  manned,  and  from  every 


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point  dominating  the  scene  of  the  assault  came  shot  and  shell  and 
rattling  grape  and  canister,  coupled  with  a  murderous  fire  of 
musketry,  against  which  no  troops  could  make  an  effective  stand. 

While  the  i5Oth  escaped  with  comparatively  little  loss  in  pass 
ing  the  last  ravine,  owing  to  its  formation  as  skirmishers,  no 
sooner  had  the  i87th  and  the  succeeding  line  of  smaller  Regi 
ments  gained  the  top  of  the  rising  ground,  already  mentioned, 
than  they  began  to  melt  away  under  the  merciless  storm  of  iron 
and  lead.  Under  the  superb  leadership  of  Colonel  Joshua  L. 
Chamberlain,  who  won  the  confidence  and  affection  of  the 
Brigade,  they  pressed  on  almost  to  the  enemy's  works ;  but  at  this 
critical  point  the  Colonel  was  dangerously  wounded,  and,  exposed 
to  an  enfilading  as  well  as  direct  fire,  which  strewed  the  ground 
with  scores  of  dead  or  disabled  officers  and  men  at  every  moment, 
they  were  forced  to  retire  to  the  protection  of  the  little  ridge  which 
they  had  just  surmounted.  It  was  a  gallant  effort,  and  although 
unavailing,  commanded  the  admiration  of  all  who  witnessed  it. 
For  his  part  in  the  action,  Colonel  Joshua  L.  Chamberlain,  was 
promoted  on  the  field,  by  General  Grant,  to  a  Brigadier  General 
ship,  and  later  won  the  rank  of  Major  General  chiefly  though  the 
work  of  this  sanguinary  day."  (From  History  of  the  I5oth  P. 
V.,  page  213-214.) 

General  Humphreys,  in  his  book  "The  Virginia  Campaign  of 
'64  and  '65,"  says,  "General  Warren's  assault  was  well  made,  some 
of  Griffin's  men  being  killed  within  twenty  feet  of  the  enemy's 
works,  but  it  was  no  more  successful  than  the  others.  His  losses 
were  very  severe.  Among  the  desperately  wounded  was  Colonel 
Joshua  L.  Camberlain,  of  the  2Oth  Maine,  who  led  his  Brigade 
under  a  destructive  fire." 

General  Chamberlain,  in  an  interview  with  a  newspaper  re 
porter,  the  details  of  which  were  published  in  the  New  York 
World  of  January  15,  1893,  after  mentioning  the  consolidation 
of  the  First  and  Fifth  Army  Corps,  in  the  Spring  of  1864,  said 
of  his  own  command,  "It  consisted  of  Doubleday's  Division  of 
Veterans  (Roy  Stone's  and  Rowley's  old  Brigades),  to  which 
was  added  a  fine  new  Regiment,  the  i87th  Pennsylvania,  and  this 


102  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

made  up  my  Brigade.  I  was  called  to  command  it  while  I  held 
the  rank  of  Colonel  in  another  Brigade.  It  was  with  this  mag 
nificent  command  that  I  made  the  now  famous  charge  at  Peters 
burg,  June  18,  1864." 


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CHAPTER  X. 


THE  BATTLES  OF  THE  TRENCHES. 

ON  the  2 ist  the  Regiment  was  in  reserve  with  the  Fifth 
Corps  on  the  left  center  of  the  army.     At  dusk  it  moved 
to  the  front,  taking  part  with  the  Corps,  in  continuing  the 
line  to  the  left  on  the  Jerusalem  plank  road.     This  was  now  the 
extreme  left  of  Meade's  advanced  line  and  from  this  flank  War 
ren  was  compelled  to  stretch  his  Corps  out  into  a  thin  battle  line, 
and  at  best  the  line  was  only  patched,  and  still  left  considerable  of 
a  gap  between  Hancock's  left  and  Warren's  right.     The  move 
ment  was  executed  under  a  murderous  fire  and  was  hotly  con 
tested  by  the  Rebels. 

Morning  revealed  the  i87th  with  Warren's  men  behind  a 
strong  line  of  entrenchments.  It  was  a  perilous  undertaking  and 
was  carried  forward  all  through  the  night  under  a  spiteful  and 
biting  fire;  and,  had  the  enemy  known  of  the  weakness  of  the 
Fifth  Corps'  line,  or  how  easily  its  left,  and  at  the  same  time  the 
extreme  left  of  the  army,  might  have  been  turned,  or  how  quickly 
the  line  between  Hancock  and  Warren  at  the  gap  adverted  to, 
could  have  been  penetrated,  the  consequences  of  such  knowledge 
would  have  caused  serious  if  not  disastrous  result  for  Meade's 
army.  The  Fifth  Corps,  in  this  movement,  not  only  covered  it 
self  with  honor,  but  did  a  heroic  and  far-reaching  service  for  the 
country  it  served. 

June  22nd.  Still  at  work  on  the  fortifications.  The  enemy 
are  in  heavy  force  in  our  front.  They  have  strong  works  about 
500  yards  in  our  front.  About  three  p.  m.  the  Rebels  attacked 
Hancock.  The  fire  reached  as  far  on  Warren's  line  as  the  position 
of  the  1 87th  Regiment,  which  was  promptly  repulsed.  Leonard 
W.  Boatman,  of  Company  A,  and  Edward  McCreary,  of  Com 
pany  E,  were  killed  to-day.  The  remainder  of  the  month  the 
Regiment  was  in  reserve  with  the  Corps,  and  engaged  in  picket 


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duty  and  in  working  on  the  fortifications.  Each  day  one  detail 
was  made  for  the  picket  line  and  another  to  work  on  Fort  Sedg- 
wick,  called  by  the  boys  Fort  Hell.  This  was  a  most  dangerous- 
duty  and  was  performed  under  a  deadly  fire  day  and  night. 

June  23rd.  Lying  behind  our  fortifications,  were  shelled  by 
the  Rebel  artillery.  Two  killed  and  several  wounded  in  the  Regi 
ment.  Captain  Ege  was  slightly  wounded  in  the  thumb  by  piece 
of  shell.  Heavy  picket  firing  in  our  front,  causing  us  to  lie  very 
low  for  fear  of  the  Rebel  bullets.  Slept  on  our  arms  all  night. 
Captain  Lovett,  of  Company  K,  was  dangerously  wounded  by  a 
Confederate  sharpshooter,  the  ball  tearing  open  the  muscles  of  his 
left  arm. 

June  24th.  Still  in  the  same  position ;  nothing  of  importance 
occuring.  Artillery  duelling  and  picket  firing  all  day  in  our  front. 
Sharpshooters  are  at  their  infamous  work :  That  of  picking  off  our 
men  whenever  they  expose  themselves  to  their  fire.  After  dark 
our  pickets  tried  to  advance  their  line,  but  were  unable  to  do  so 
on  account  of  a  heavy  fire  from  the  Rebel  pickets.  Hard  fighting 
on  our  left ;  Second  Corps  engaged.  It  was  the  custom  of  the 
men  working  on  the  fortifications  to  have  a  man  stationed  in 
such  a  position  that  when  a  Confederate  gun  was  fired,  he  could 
give  the  alarm,  and  if  the  men  were  quick  enough  they  could  jump 
out  of  the  way  and  not  be  hurt;  but  on  the  night  of  the  24th  a 
detail  was  just  about  being  relieved,  and  the  men  were  all  in  a 
hurry  to  get  out  of  the  trenches  and  back  to  camp,  and  did  not 
take  the  usual  precaution  to  get  under  cover,  when  a  shell  was- 
thrown  over  and  exploded  in  their  midst,  and  put  several  of  them 
out  of  commission  for  some  time.  Among  them  was  John  E. 
Roberts,  of  Company  C.  A  piece  of  the  shell  grazed  his  head 
and  cut  off  the  rim  of  his  hat  close  to  his  head,  but  did  not  break 
the  skin.  The  concussion  from  the  shell  injured  him  far  more 
than  did  the  piece  of  shell  that  grazed  his  head.  Comrade 
Roberts  was  laid  up  for  several  months  from  this  injury. 

June  25th.  Still  in  the  same  position.  Sergeant  William 
D.  Ritner,  of  Company  D,  was  severely  wounded  by  a  Confeder 
ate  sharpshooter,  and  sent  to  the  hospital.  Sharp  picket  firing. 
Our  pickets  are  about  100  yards  in  front  of  our  line. 


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June  26th.  Sunday  still  finds  us  in  our  old  position.  No 
picket  firing.  Our  pickets  and  the  Rebs'  pickets  having  made  a 
mutual  agreement  not  to  fire  on  one  another. 

June  27th.  Nothing  of  importance  transpiring.  Heat  very 
oppressive. 

June  28th.  No  change  of  position.  Our  pickets  and  the 
Rebel  pickets  are  very  friendly,  exchanging  commodities  with 
each  other  and  carrying  on  friendly  conversation. 

June  29th.  The  Company  clerks  are  all  very  busy  making 
out  the  muster  and  pay  rolls.  Isaac  Derr,  of  Company  D,  was 
wounded  in  the  hand  while  on  the  picket  line  and  sent  to  the  hos 
pital.  No  change  in  position. 

June  3Oth.  Were  mustered  for  pay.  Everything  continues 
quiet  in  our  front. 

During  the  month  of  July  the  Regiment  had  a  varied  ex 
perience  in  the  battles  of  the  skirmishers  and  the  pickets  in  and 
before  the  entrenchments,  and  in  heavy  and  exhaustive  fatigue 
duty.  During  this  month  it  was  engaged  in  the  erection  of  a 
sixteen-gun  earthwork  variously  designated  as  Fort  Hell,  Tilton 
and  Sedgwick.  The  work  could  only  be  performed  at  night,  by 
virtue  of  the  destructive  fire  from  the  sharpshooters,  which  swept 
the  Union  lines  in  the  day  time.  Several  members  of  the  Regi 
ment  were  killed  and  wounded  during  the  month,  on  the  picket 
line  and  while  working  on  the  fortifications. 

July  1st.  Still  in  the  same  position;  some  desultory  artillery 
duelling. 

July  2nd.  Nothing  new ;  some  artillery  and  musket  firing  on 
our  right.  Still  in  the  same  camp. 

July  3rd.  Sunday,  a  very  beautiful  day,  but  still  very  warm 
.and  dusty.  Had  preaching  in  our  Regiment  by  the  Chaplain  of 
the  I49th  Regiment,  P.  V.,  of  our  Brigade. 

The  natal  day  of  the  nation  opened  up  cloudy  and  we  were 
expecting  rain,  but  how  vain  our  hopes,  for  by  noon  not  a  cloud 
could  be  seen  in  the  sky.  In  the  morning  every  gun  bearing  on 
the  doomed  city  was  let  loose  and  soon  shot  and  shell  went  scream 
ing  and  crashing  into  the  Petersburg  lines.  This  elicited  an  angry 
reply  from  the  enemy  and  was  kept  up  for  some  time,  when  it 


106  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

gradually  subsided.  In  the  evening  the  bands  of  the  Confeder 
ates  and  our  own  each  took  positions  on  their  breastworks.  The 
Rebs  played  "Dixey"  and  our  bands  "Yankee  Doodle." 

July  5th.  The  day  passed  quietly,  nothing  transpiring  of 
importance.  Still  in  the  same  position  in  rear  of  our  works. 

July  6th.  Heavy  artillery  duelling.  Our  Brigade  com 
menced  erecting  a  Fort  in  front  of  our  breastworks. 

July  7th.  Nothing  of  importance  transpiring.  Very  annoy 
ing  fire  from  a  Rebel  battery  in  our  front.  Received  orders  to  be 
ready  to  leave  in  a  moment's  warning.  Lay  on  our  arms  all  night. 

July  8th.  Left  the  breastworks  at  4  a.  m.  Marched  one  mile 
to  the  rear  and  encamped  in  a  nice  shady  woods  to  give  the  men  a 
much  needed  rest.  Everything  quiet  at  the  front. 

July  Qth.  The  men  were  busily  engaged  all  day  in  fixing  up 
the  camp  and  making  themselves  as  comfortable  as  they  could. 
The  Rebels  made  a  charge  on  our  works  on  the  right  but  were 
handsomely  repulsed.  Six  members  of  the  Regiment  were 
wounded  while  working  on  the  entrenchments  to-day  by  the 
Rebels'  shells. 

July  loth.  Sunday,  an  extremely  beautiful  day,  heat  very 
oppressive  and  the  roads  dusty.  William  W.  Jones,  of  Company 
B,  David  Beaverson,  of  Company  K,  and  Edward  Bradley,  of 
Company  E,  were  wounded  to-day. 

July  nth.  Still  in  camp.  Detail  made  daily  to  work  on 
the  fortifications.  Rebels  shelled  our  men  while  working  to-day. 
No  one  hurt. 

July  1 2th.  Nothing  transpiring  of  importance  to-day.  All 
is  quiet  at  the  front. 

July  1 3th.  Nothing  of  moment  transpiring.  No  mail  from 
home.  Men  are  feeling  blue. 

July  1 4th.  Still  in  the  same  camp.  A  large  detail  made  to 
day  to  work  on  the  fortifications.  The  Rebels  shelled  them  very 
hard  to-day.  One  man  of  Company  E,  and  one  of  Company  H, 
wounded  while  at  work. 

July  1 5th.  Nothing  occurring.  Some  picket  firing.  One 
man  of  Company  F,  wounded  on  the  picket  line.  A  mail  of  three 
letters  for  the  Regiment  received  to-day. 


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July  i6th.  Men  still  working  on  the  fortifications.  Still  no 
mail. 

July  i /th.  Still  in  camp.  All  is  quiet  along  the  line.  Both 
armies  seem  inclined  to  respect  the  Sabbath  day. 

July  i8th.  Everything  quiet.  Several  Rebel  deserters  came 
into  our  lines  last  night.  They  are  tired  of  the  war  and  want 
to  get  home. 

July  igth.  Still  in  the  same  camp.  It  commenced  to  rain 
early  this  morning.  Rained  incessantly  all  day.  First  rain  since 
June  ist. 

July  20th.  A  very  pleasant  day  indeed.  The  rain  of  yester 
day  has  made  it  nice  and  cool.  Nothing  of  importance  has 
occurred  to-day. 

July  2 1  st.  Nothing  transpiring  worthy  of  note.  Heavy 
cannonading  and  picket  firing  on  our  right. 

July  22nd.  Nothing  transpiring  worthy  of  recording.  Still 
lying  in  the  old  camp. 

July  23rd.  Considerable  firing  of  musketry  and  artillery  on 
our  right. 

July  24th.  Still  in  camp ;  nothing  worthy  of  note  occurring. 
Had  Company  inspection  to-day. 

July  25th.  Nothing  of  moment  transpiring.  Had  Com 
pany  drill  and  inspection  this  morning. 

July  26th.  Everything  quiet  in  our  front,  save  some  ar 
tillery  and  picket  firing. 

July  27th.  All  quiet  in  our  immediate  front,  but  very  heavy 
firing  in  the  direction  of  Malvern  Hill,  the  Second  Corps  having 
crossed  the  James  river  and  advanced  on  the  enemy's  works, 
capturing  four  guns  and  some  prisoners.  Raining. 

July  28th.  Still  raining  moderately.  Cleared  up  at  an  early 
hour  in  the  morning.  Still  in  the  same  camp. 

July  29th.  Nothing  transpiring  of  note.  A  beautiful  morn 
ing.  Received  orders  about  noon  to  be  ready  to  move  at  a  mo 
ment's  warning.  Remained  in  camp  all  night. 

The  mine  in  preparation  by  Burnside  was  sprung,  blowing 
up  a  Confederate  fort  in  their  front.  The  explosion  was  heard 
for  miles.  Our  artillery  along  the  whole  line  opened  a  terrific 


108  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

fire  upon  the  Rebs,  which  was  kept  up  incessantly  until  noon. 
About  300  South  Carolina  troops  were  blown  up  with  the  fort. 
Sixteen  guns  were  completely  buried.  Our  infantry  charged  on 
the  works  soon  after  the  blowing  up  of  the  fort  and  succeeded  in 
taking  the  first  line  of  works  with  heavy  loss.  During  the  after 
noon,  however,  the  Rebels  made  a  successful  charge,  driving  our 
men  back  into  their  own  works  again.  Our  Regiment  was  in 
reserve,  but  was  not  called  upon  for  active  service. 

July  3 1 st.  Nothing  transpiring  worthy  of  note.  A  large 
number  of  the  Regiment  went  down  to  see  the  battlefield  of  yes 
terday.  Our  dead  and  wounded  still  lying  near  the  Rebel  works 
unburied.  The  Rebels  refused  to  accept  a  flag  of  truce  sent  over 
by  our  men  in  order  to  bury  the  dead.  The  fort,  which  was  once 
a  formidable  work,  now  a  mass  of  ruins. 

August  ist.  Everything  quiet  in  front.  The  boys  received 
the  news  this  evening  that  the  Rebels  were  again  in  Maryland  and 
Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  burning  of  Chambersburg. 

August  2nd.  Still  in  the  same  camp.  Everything  still  quiet. 
Report  concerning  the  burning  of  Chambersburg  confirmed. 
News  was  received  that  the  Rebels  have  left  the  State.  The 
members  of  Company  D  are  feeling  much  better.  Nearly  all  of 
the  members  of  that  Company  are  from  the  Cumberland  Valley. 

August  3rd.  Everything  is  quiet  along  the  front.  Still  in 
the  same  camp. 

August  4th.  Nothing  transpiring  of  importance.  Members 
of  Company  D  received  the  names  of  the  owners  of  the  proper 
ties  burned  at  Chambersburg. 

August  6th.  Weather  very  warm.  Heavy  fighting  on  the 
extreme  right.  The  Rebels  charged  three  successive  times  on  our 
lines,  but  were  handsomely  repulsed  each  time.  Rebels'  loss 
heavy  with  the  loss  of  700  prisoners. 

August  6th.  One-half  of  the  Regiment  was  ordered  to  oc 
cupy  the  fort  in  front  of  our  Brigade.  The  first  five  Companies 
went  out.  Heavy  mortar  firing  on  the  right.  Lay  in  the  fort 
all  night. 

August  7th.     Sunday.     The  five  Companies  relieved  from 


CORPORAL   HENRY   M.   FOOT,   COMPANY  A. 


GEORGE  B.  CUNNINGHAM,  COMPANY  A. 


COMPANY  A. 


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i  CORPORAL  GEORGE  K.  GROVE. 
.  2  LIEUTENANT   SAMUEL  C.   ILGENFRITZ. 
3  MUSICIAN  WILMOT  AYRES.        4  CAPT.  SAMUEL  I.  ADAMS. 

COMPANY  B. 


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the  fort  and  marched  back  to  camp.  It  was  a  very  pleasant  day. 
Heavy  artillery  duelling  and  picket  firing  during  the  afternoon. 

August  8th.  Still  in  the  same  camp.  Considerable  artillery 
firing  all  day. 

August  9th.  Nothing  of  importance  transpiring  except  some 
desultory  picket  firing  on  the  right. 

August  loth.  Still  lying  in  the  same  camp.  Nothing  of  im 
portance  occurring.  Had  Battalion  drill  in  the  forenoon  and 
afternoon.  Some  artillery  firing. 

August  nth.  All  quiet  along  the  line.  Had  Battalion  drill 
in  the  forenoon  and  afternoon.  Still  in  the  same  camp. 

August  1 2th.  Nothing  worthy  of  note  transpiring.  Heat 
very  oppressive.  Roads  very  dusty.  Had  Battalion  drill  in  the 
evening. 

August  1 3th.  Saturday  all  is  quiet.  Part  of  the  Regiment 
lay  in  the  fort  in  front  of  our  Brigade  all  night.  Some  artillery 
firing  during  the  night. 

August  I4th.  Sunday  relieved  from  the  fort.  A  very  beau 
tiful  day.  Still  in  the  same  camp. 

August  1 5th.  Ordered  to  pack  up  and  be  ready  to  move  at 
a  moment's  notice.  Packed  up.  Some  of  the  men  proceeded 
to  get  breakfast  and  just  as  they  were  about  to  eat  the  order  came 
to  fall  in.  Moved  to  Division  Headquarters  and  joined  the  rest 
of  the  Brigade.  Halted  in  the  woods  all  day.  Had  a  very 
drenching  rain  in  the  evening.  The  men  were  all  wet  to  the  skin. 
Lay  in  the  woods  all  night. 

August  1 6th.  Moved  about  two  hundred  yards  and  pitched 
our  tents.  Everything  very  quiet  along  the  line.  Our  Corps  is 
relieved  by  the  Ninth  Army  Corps. 

August  1 7th.  Ordered  to  pack  up  and  be  ready  to  move  at 
three  o'clock  a.  m.  Order  countermanded.  We  were  ordered 
to  pitch  our  tents  again  in  the  same  camp.  Lay  in  the  camp  all 
day.  All  quiet  in  front. 


114  HISTORY  OF  I87TH  REGIMENT 


TEARING     UP     WELDON  RAILROAD. 


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CHAPTER  XI. 


ON  THE  WELDON  RAILROAD. 

THE  prelude  to  Warren's  advance  from  the  Jerusalem  plank 
road  to  the  Petersburg  and  Weldon  R.  R.,  came  at  1.30 
a.  m.,  August  i8th,  when  the  Rebels  concentrated  a  severe 
fire  upon  the  Fifth  Corps  on  the  left  of  Meade's  army.  At  4  a. 
m.  the  Fifth  Corps,  under  command  of  that  superb  soldier,  Gen 
eral  G.  K.  Warren,  left  its  bivouac,  and,  with  four  days'  rations 
marched  down  the  plank  road.  The  moving  column  was  a  fine 
spectacle  to  behold.  Ten  thousand  true  and  tried  soldiers  march 
ing  under  ''Old  Glory,"  and  in  defense  of  the  Union ;  their  bay 
onets  sparkling  in  and  reflecting  the  morning  sunbeams  made  a 
fit  subject  for  the  historic  painting.  After  marching  four  miles 
the  column  turned  to  the  west  from  the  Plank  road.  A  march  of 
about  one  mile  brought  the  Corps  into  a  grand  old  Virginia  woods 
of  magnificent  oaks,  chestnuts,  etc.  Here  a  line  of  battle  was 
formed  and  the  men  stood  to  arms,  while  Warren  stood  a  short 
distance  from  the  i87th,  surrounded  by  his  Generals,  holding  a 
map  of  the  country  in  his  hand.  Taking  a  twig  from  the  ground 
he  traced  the  line  of  march  and  the  position  which  he  desired  his 
Division  to  occupy  along  the  P.  and  W.  R.  R.  The  outlining  of 
the  movement  concluded,  the  march  was  resumed,  with  the  i87th 
and  I43rd  P.  V.  of  the  First  Brigade  of  Griffin's  Division  in  ad 
vance.  The  march  lay  over  a  beautiful  country  and  through 
great  fields  of  corn.  The  skirmishers  had  already  penetrated  a 
deep,  somber  pine  forest,  and  just  as  the  Corps  crossed  its  border, 
the  sharp  ring  of  musketry  from  the  skirmishers  announced  the 
whereabouts  of  the  Rebels.  It  was  now  7  a.  m.  and  the  whole 
line  swept  forward,  driving  and  capturing  the  opposing  forces, 
and  at  9  a.  m.  Griffin's  Division  crossed  the  Weldon  railroad. 

The  1 87th  and  the  I43rd  P.  V.  fell  to  destroying  the  rail 
road,  while  the  rest  of  the  Brigade  formed  line  of  battle  across  the 


Il6  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

road  at  the  Globe  or  Yellow  Tavern.  Ayres'  and  Crawford's  Di 
vision  was  in  support  of  the  entire  movement  along  the  railroad. 
The  advance  northward  relieved  that  part  of  the  First  Brigade  in 
line  at  the  Globe  Tavern,  when  it  retired  and  assisted  in  the  de 
struction  of  the  railroad. 

About  2  p.  m.  Ayres  was  furiously  assailed,  and  the  Rebels 
began  pouring  through  the  interval  between  his  right  and  the  left 
of  the  old  line  before  Crawford,  who  was  directed  toward  that 
point,  but  could  not  reach  it,  because  of  the  difficult  nature  of  the 
ground.  Cutler  supported  Crawford  and  Griffin  stood  in  reserve 
to  Ayres.  From  4  to  6  p.  m.  the  iS/th,  with  Griffin's  Division, 
was  subjected  to  a  converging  fire  of  shot  and  shell.  At  6  p.  m. 
the  Division  of  Ayres  and  Crawford,  supported  by  Griffin  and 
Cutler,  moved  forward  in  the  midst  of  a  heavy  rain  storm,  driv 
ing  the  Rebels  before  them  with  heavy  loss.  Repeated  sallies 
were  made  by  the  enemy  during  the  night,  but  they  were  the 
futile  efforts  of  an  exhausted  wrestler,  and  left  the  Union  lines 
intact.  Thus  ended  the  battle  of  Yellow  House,  or  Davis  Farm. 

WEXDON  RAILROAD,  AUGUST  IQTH. 

All  through  the  night  the  rain  fell,  and  Warren's  men,  too 
much  exhausted  by  the  fighting  of  the  previous  day,  slept  on  their 
arms,  heedless  of  the  storm  and  rain,  and  before  the  dawning  of 
the  day,  they  began  to  ply  the  pick  and  shovel,  and  by  4  p.  m.  of 
the  2Oth,  had  completed  a  strong  line  of  entrenchments  west  of 
the  railroad,  near  the  Globe  Tavern,  and  northward  at  Davis  Farm. 
Wilcox's  Ninth  Corps  men  had  come  up  and  partially  filled  up  the 
gap  between  the  lines.  About  4  p.  m.,  in  the  midst  of  a  drenching 
rain  storm,  the  enemy  moved  to  the  attack.  The  battle  raged  for 
half  an  hour  with  terrible  fury.  A  sheet  of  flame  ran  along  the 
Union  line,  but  on  came  the  foe,  and  perceiving  the  yet  dangerous 
gap  between  Wilcox  and  Crawford,  the  Rebels  poured  through  it 
and  began  a  desperate  attempt  to  turn  Warren's  right  and  drive 
him  from  the  entrenched  lines  along  the  railroad.  The  Union 
ists  were  steadily  pushed  from  their  works  north  of  the  Globe 
tavern.  It  was  a  critical  moment  and  fraught  with  tremendous 
consequences  to  the  Union  cause. 


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At  this  juncture  Griffin's  Division  moved  to  the  support  of 
Crawford,  while  the  Ninth  Corps  troops  formed  on  his  right. 
The  concussion  of  the  Union  cannon  shook  the  earth  and  the 
sharp  ring  of  the  musketry  was  heard  above  the  storm  as  death 
and  destruction  was  poured  into  the  faces  of  the  oncoming  Rebels. 
The  first  Brigade  of  Griffin's  Division  was  formed  immediately  in 
the  rear  of  a  line  of  batteries ;  that  line  carried  and  all  would  be 
lost. 

Here  stood  the  i87th,  and  from  that  line  it  moved  forward, 
wet  to  the  skin,  and  just  as  darkness  was  about  to  throw  her 
mantle  over  the  scene  of  blood  and  carnage,  the  insolent  Rebels 
were  driven  back  over  the  water-soaked  plain  and  far  into  the 
cover  of  the  dark  woods  beyond.  General  Ayres,  commanding 
the  Second  Division,  Fifth  Corps,  commented  thus  upon  the  action 
of  the  Regiment  in  this  engagement :  "I  asked  for  500  men  to 
reinforce  the  right  of  my  front.  The  iS/th  P.  V.  was  given 
and  moved  rapidly  up  in  line  of  battle.  This  Regiment  perform 
ed  its  duty  handsomely." 

On  the  I9th  they  made  another  desperate  attack  on  our 
forces,  and  succeeded  in  driving  a  part  of  our  division  out  of  their 
works.  Reinforcements  were  called  for  and  the  iS/th  P.  V.  was 
sent  to  their  support.  About  4  o'clock  a  charge  was  ordered  to 
retake  the  works,  which  we  did  without  the  loss  of  a  single  man. 
But  when  marching  to  take  our  position  to  make  the  charge,  the 
Confederates  shelled  us  and  killed  Joseph  A.  Shaw,  Samuel  D. 
Lutz  and  Henry  Toomy,  of  Company  D.  Uriah  Stahl,  of  the 
same  Company,  was  wounded  this  day. 

We  drove  the  Confederates  out  and  held  the  works  all  night. 
It  began  to  rain  furiously  just  as  we  drove  the  enemy  out  and 
took  possession  of  the  works.  Right  in  front  of  Company  A  the 
line  took  a  sharp  turn.  A  few  rails,  logs  and  limbs  of  trees  had 
been  thrown  down  and  dirt  piled  upon  them  from  both  sides.  The 
ground  was  very  swampy,  and  the  rain  soon  formed  quite  a  depth 
of  water  on  each  side  of  the  trenches.  The  Confederates  kept  up 
a  brisk  fire  and  we  had  to  settle  down  in  the  mud  and  water  to 
obtain  protection. 

Night  came  on,  and  the  rain  and  firing  still  kept  up.     About 


Il8  HISTORY  OF  I87TH  REGIMENT 

midnight  it  was  discovered  that  the  water  was  washing  the  earth 
away  in  front,  and  it  was  necessary  for  some  one  to  get  over  and 
shovel  new  earth  to  cover  up  the  gap  made  at  the  angle  in  front  of 
Company  A.  Otherwise  our  protection  would  be  gone  and  the 
men  be  in  danger  of  a  deadly  cross  fire  from  the  enemy. 

Captain  Hart,  the  commander  of  Company  A,  which  lay  at 
that  point,  hesitated  to  order  a  detail  for  the  work,  so  he  called 
for  volunteers  to  engage  in  the  dangerous  work. 

The  enterprise  was  not  only  dangerous,  but  it  was  a  hundred 
chances  to  one  that  the  person  attempting  it  would  be  carried  to 
the  rear  riddled  with  bullets.  It  was  certain  that  as  soon  as  the 
sound  of  the  shovel  was  heard  the  enemy,  lying  directly  in  front 
and  but  a  short  distance  away,  would  direct  their  fire  to  the  spot. 

Every  one  saw  the  situation  and  naturally  no  one  was  in 
haste  to  volunteer.  Finally  several  members  of  Company  A, 
Corporal  William  A.  Stone,  Privates  Alonzo  Mack,  Richard  Fry, 
Samuel  D.  Frances,  and  one  or  two  others  whose  names  I  do  not 
now  remember,  stepped  to  the  front  and  said  without  any  flourish, 
and  as  though  it  was  the  most  ordinary  affair  of  their  life,  that 
they  would  undertake  the  job. 

They  did  not  seem  anxious  to  go,  and  there  was  no  air  of 
bravado  about  them.  They  simply  esteemed  the  act  to  be  in  the 
line  of  duty,  and  if  that  was  the  case  it  made  no  difference  to  them 
whether  the  performance  were  dangerous  or  not.  They  saw  also 
that  the  lives  of  their  comrades  were  at  stake,  and  it  was  neces 
sary  for  some  one  to  throw  up  the  defence  that  had  been  washed 
away,  in  the  interest  of  saving  life. 

Shovels  were  obtained  and  Stone  and  the  rest  of  the  vol 
unteers  climbed  over  the  breastworks  and  began  their  work.  Sure 
enough,  as  soon  as  the  sound  of  the  shovels  was  heard,  the  bullets 
of  the  Confederates  began  to  fall  thick  and  fast  about  them.  One 
struck  Mack's  shovel  fair  on  the  flat  surface  and  sent  it  spinning 
out  of  his  hand,  but  he  at  once  picked  it  up  and  shoveled  away 
again  as  if  nothing  had  happened.  Frances  was  wounded  in  the 
shoulder,  from  the  effect  of  which  he  suffered  for  a  long  time. 
All  held  their  breath,  expecting  every  moment  that  they  would  be 
struck;  and  while  we  were  crouching  behind  the  works  in  com- 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  IIQ 

parative  safety,  they  shoveled  as  leisurely  as  though  they  were 
working  in  their  gardens  at  home.  How  they  ever  escaped  was 
a  mystery  to  us  all.  For  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  they  worked 
with  their  backs  to  the  enemy,  under  a  constant  fire,  until  the 
breach  was  repaired ;  and  then  climbed  back,  Mack  saying  quietly, 
"I  guess  it  is  all  now,  boys."  And  every  one  felt  like  hugging 
them  for  their  brave  act. 

Frances  was  wounded  and  sent  to  the  hospital.  Fry  was 
captured  and  sent  to  the  southern  prisons  and  held  there  until  the 
following  Spring,  when  he  was  exchanged;  the  result  of  Mack's 
exertion  was  a  severe  cold,  and  he  gradually  went  down  to  the 
grave  soon  after  the  war. 

WELDON  RAILROAD,  AUGUST  20TH. 

All  through  the  night  the  Regiment  was  exposed  to  heavy 
fire  in  its  advanced  position,  and  during  the  morning  the  enemy 
kept  up  a  constant  and  annoying  picket  and  skirmish  fire,  while 
the  entrenchments  received  the  compliments  of  the  Rebel  cannon 
eers. 

Henry  Toomy  died  this  morning  from  the  effect  of  the 
wounds  received  yesterday.  He  and  Joseph  A.  Shaw  and  Samuel 
D.  Lutz,  who  were  killed  yesterday,  were  buried  side  by  side. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  2Oth,  the  Regiment  was  returned  to 
the  original  line  of  works  in  front  of  the  Globe  Tavern,  the  men 
thinking  they  would  be  able  to  take  a  little  much  needed  rest. 
Some  of  them,  in  fact  all  of  them,  began  to  dry  their  water-soak 
ed  clothing,  but  just  in  the  midst  of  it,  an  order  came  to  the  Regi 
ment  for  a  detail  of  50  men  for  picket  duty.  The  detail  was  made 
and  the  men  reported  at  Headquarters,  and  was  marched  out  to 
the  Vaughn  road  where  they  jointed  the  detail  made  from  the 
other  Regiments  of  Griffin's  Division.  The  picket  line  was  form 
ed  diagonally  along  the  Vaughn  road,  where  they  remained  until 
driven  in  by  Mahone's  Division,  on  the  morning  of  the  2ist. 

The  following  account  of  the  engagement  on  the  picket  line  is 
given  by  Major  G.  C.  Hooper,  of  the  First  Michigan. 

"On  our  first  occupancy  of  the  Weldon  railroad,  I  was  Di 
vision  Officer  of  the  picket,  and  on  Saturday,  the  2Oth  of  Au- 


I2O  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

gust,  I  received  a  summons  to  report  to  General  Charles  C.  Grif 
fin,  our  Division  Commander. 

''He  said  to  me,  'Major,  we  will  probably  be  attacked  early 
to-morrow  morning,  and  nothing  so  discourages  an  enemy  as  to 
find  a  determined  resistance  on  the  picket  line.  Your  position 
is  a  long  way  in  front,  and  if  you  give  them  a  good  fight  it  will 
greatly  weaken  them  by  the  time  they  reach  the  breastworks.' 

"At  3  o'clock  the  next  morning  I  was  on  the  extreme  right, 
and  in  company  with  one  of  the  Captains  of  a  New  York  Regi 
ment,  watched  the  line  until  about  7  o'clock.  It  was  quite  foggy 
and  the  woods  in  front  of  our  right  were  very  thick  and  I  thought 
that  would  be  the  point  of  attack. 

"At  last  the  fog  cleared  up  and  I  said  to  the  Captain,  If  they 
were  going  to  attack  us,  it  would  have  been  under  cover  of  the 
fog,  but  you  can  keep  a  sharp  lookout,  though  I  think  we  will  not 
have  a  fight  this  morning.' 

"Our  picket  line  extended  diagonally  out  to  the  Vaughn  road, 
which  we  had  barricaded,  and  at  a  house  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  road  we  kept  a  guard.  At  the  barricade  was  a  strong  de 
tachment  of  Pennsylvania  men,  and  in  the  woods  in  the  rear 
of  the  corn  field,  was  a  reserve  of  the  i6th  Michigan  men,  under 
Captain  Sutter;  the  men  of  my  own  Regiment  were  in  the  picket 
pits. 

"When  I  left  the  New  York  pickets  I  rode  down  the  line  to 
the  n8th  P.  V.  pickets,  and  was  told  by  the  officer  commanding, 
that  the  woman  occupying  the  house  was  from  Philadelphia,  and 
wanted  to  come  into  our  lines  and  wanted  transportation  for  her 
things.  I  went  to  see  her  and  advised  her  to  take  her  children  and 
go  inside  of  our  lines  at  once,  and  send  for  her  things  afterward. 
While  we  were  talking  a  soldier  came  in  and  said  that  they 
had  discovered  the  enemy  and  the  Captain  wanted  to  see  me.  I 
told  the  woman  in  case  firing  commenced,  to  take  her  children 
and  go  into  the  cellar,  and  hastened  outside.  The  Captain  said 
that  they  were  relieving  the  cavalry  pickets  with  infantry  and 
asked  if  we  were  to  fire.  I  directed  him  not  to  fire  unless  they 
left  their  lines  and  advanced  toward  us. 

"Just  then  one  of  the  men  said :  'There  they  go,'  and  looking 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  121 

down  the  Vaughn  road  we  saw  them  in  their  lines  of  battle,  and 
with  heads  depressed  and  backs  bent  making  a  rush  across  the 
road  beyond  the  rise  of  ground  so  as  not  to  be  seen. 

"We  at  once  began  firing.  When  we  did  so  their  skirmish 
line  rose  up  out  of  the  meadows  and  potato  fields  very  near  to  us, 
but  we  stopped  them  and  held  them  until  their  lines  of  battle 
were  very  near  to  us,  when  I  ordered  my  men  to  fall  back  to  the 
woods  and  form  a  new  line. 

"Captain  Salter  had  brought  up  his  men  and  made  a  stiff 
fight,  and  did  not  move  from  our  line  until  their  lines  of  battle 
were  well  developed  in  our  front. 

"At  the  woods  we  halted  and  warmed  them  again,  then  pass 
ed  through  the  woods,  halted,  faced  about  and  gave  them  another 
dose,  and  when  they  were  quite  near  I  ordered  the  men  to  join 
their  Regiments,  behind  the  breastworks. 

"I  was  delighted  with  the  way  the  pickets  behaved.  As 
usually  when  men  in  battle  are  ordered  to  fall  back  to  a  certain 
point,  in  the  excitement  of  the  fight,  or  because  the  order  is  not 
correctly  understood,  they  go  too  far,  but  in  this  instance  the  men 
of  Pennsylvania  and  Michigan  obeyed  orders  to  the  letter ;  made 
the  stubborn  fight  which  the  General  desired,  and  which  as  I 
afterward  learned,  he  commended  very  highly  to  his  Staff." 

Now  the  Rebels  took  this  point  for  the  left  of  Warren's 
line,  and  they  advanced  as  on  parade,  confidently  looking  for  sure 
success,  and  every  Rebel  gun  bearing  on  this  point,  by  its  fire 
stimulated  this  confidence.  But  just  as  they  were  about  to  strike 
the  supposed  left,  they  were  caught  in  a  destructive  fire  of  grape 
and  canister  from  the  batteries  on  either  flank.  Then  they  realiz 
ed  that  they  had  struck  that  part  of  Griffin's  Division  where  his 
lines  were  formed  in  echelon,  and  into  their  faces  they  received 
a  fire  from  the  i87th,  and  the  other  troops  of  the  First  Brigade 
that  covered  the  ground  with  the  dead  and  wounded  of  the  as 
saulting  column.  They  had  made  a  gallant  advance  and  met  with 
as  gallant  a  repulse  from  Griffin's  men,  and,  bleeding  at  every 
pore,  they  fell  back  hopelessly  defeated. 

Under  the  well-directed  fire  of  the  iS/th,  many  of  the  enemy 
were  captured  and  brought  into  the  lines.  Several  gallant  dashes 


122  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

were  made  by  some  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Regiment,  in 
which  nearly  two  hundred  Rebels  were  brought  into  the  works. 
The  enemy  continued  to  move  to  the  left,  for  the  purpose  of  turn 
ing  the  flank,  but  here  he  was  met  by  some  Pennsylvania  cavalry 
and  checked.  The  i87th,  with  part  of  the  Brigade,  was  hurried 
to  this  point  and  was  soon  entrenched  across  the  railroad  on 
White's  farm  and  two  miles  south  of  the  Globe  Tavern. 

The  result  of  the  two  days'  fighting  was  800  hundred  pris 
oners  taken  by  our  Brigade  and  six  stands  of  colors. 

AUGUST  2isT. 

It  was  Sunday,  and  the  sun  mounted  up  into  a  clear  blue 
sky  and  made  all  the  land  rejoice  in  its  Summer  beauty,  while  the 
Fifth  Corps  hailed  its  calmness  and  quietly  rested  in  its  line  along 
the  railroad,  and  glad  to  be  relieved  from  the  pitiless  storm  of  the 
night,  the  men  were  gathered  in  little  groups,  rehearsing  the 
events  of  the  three  previous  days,  etc.,  and  indulging  the  hope 
that  the  day  of  rest  would  bring  rest  from  the  storm  of  war. 
To  them  it  was  a  glorious  day  and  the  birds  filled  all  the  plain 
with  music.  Suddenly,  the  storm  cloud  of  war  burst  over  the 
plain  and  turned  its  quiet  into  tumultous  uproar.  At  9  a.  m.  the 
Rebels  opened  a  converging  artillery  fire  of  30  guns  at  right 
angles  over  Warren's  position,  and  attempted  to  sweep  the  Fifth 
Corps  from  its  position.  This  having  failed,  a  desperate  assault 
was  made  all  along  the  right,  but  was  everywhere  repulsed,  and 
the  Rebels,  bleeding  and  torn,  sullenly  retired  from  the  dead 
ly  fire  poured  from  the  Union  entrenchments.  While  the  attack 
on  the  right  was  in  progress,  the  enemy  pushed  a  heavy  column 
down  the  Vaughn  road,  and  under  cover  of  the  dense  woods,  at 
tempted  to  reach  and  turn  Warren's  left.  Griffin's  Division  was 
strongly  entrenched  here,  with  one  Brigade  advanced  about  500 
yards,  where  it  connected  with  Ayres  on  the  right. 

General  Warren,  in  summing  up  the  operations  on  the  Wei- 
don  railroad,  remarks:  "During  these  four  days'  operations, 
men  and  officers  performed  their  duties  as  well  as  any  ever  did 
under  the  circumstances.  The  heat  of  the  first  day  was  exces 
sive.  The  men  were  kept  working  night  and  day  and  were  every 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  123 

day  wet  through  with  the  rains.  The  P.  and  W.  R.  R.  was  a 
serious  loss  to  Lee,  since  it  cut  off  one  of  the  main  sources  of 
supply  for  his  army,  and  this  is  evident  from  the  desperate  at 
tempt  made  to  regain  it." 

Brevet  Brigadier  General  Winthrop,  commanding  the  First 
Brigade,  Second  Division,  Fifth  Corps,  remarked :  "I  had  scarcely 
sent  my  message  for  reinforcements,  when  General  Ayres  sent 
me  the  iS/th  P.  V.  I  at  once  ordered  them  to  move  up  to  the 
front  line  of  works  and  form  on  the  right  of  the  54th  N.  Y.  Vet. 
Vols.,  which  they  did  in  magnificent  style,  and  soon  became  ac 
tively  engaged." 

THE  WELDON  RAILROAD  CAMPAIGN,  FROM  THE  DIARY  OF  LIEU 
TENANT  JOHN  E.  REILLY,  OF  COMPANY  F. 

On  the  morning  of  August  I5th  we  were  ordered  down  the 
Jerusalem  plank  road,  to  join  the  other  Regiments  of  the  Brigade, 
who  were  bivouaced  in  the  woods,  preparatory  for  the  advance 
on  the  Weldon  R.  R.  It  rained  heavily  all  day  and  also  on  the 
next  day.  About  2  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  I7th  we  were 
ordered  into  line  ready  to  move,  but  the  order  was  countermanded 
shortly  after,  and  we  pitched  tents  again.  Towards  evening  the 
Sutler's  wagon  came  up  and  the  officers  were  kept  busy  writing 
orders  for  the  men  to  get  tobacco,  condensed  milk,  etc.  That 
night  an  order  was  again  issued  for  us  to  be  ready  to  move  early 
next  morning.  On  the  i8th,  at  daybreak,  we  started  on  what  we 
supposed  at  the  time  was  merely  a  raid,  to  tear  up  the  tracks  of 
the  road,  but  when  we  reached  there  after  our  long  march  in  line 
of  battle  formation,  in  advance  of  the  Brigade,  we  found  that  Gen 
eral  Warren  had  other  business  for  us,  for  as  he  said  when  he 
reached  there,  if  the  Rebels  wanted  that  road  again,  they  would 
have  to  fight  for  it.  When  we  halted  and  commenced  tearing  up 
the  tracks  about  10.30  a.  m.,  General  Cutler's  Division  advanced  be 
yond  us  until  they  were  checked  by  the  enemy  in  force  behind  a 
line  of  works  to  the  right  and  front  of  the  Yellow  House,  where 
General  Warren  made  his  Headquarters.  The  Maryland  Bri 
gade,  of  the  Second  Division  of  the  Fifth  Corps,  met  with  heavy 
loss  when  the  i87th  was  ordered  up  to  their  support.  Shortly  we 


124  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

were  ordered  back  to  the  railroad  and  commenced  building  a  line 
of  breastworks  running  parallel  with  the  road,  but  before  com 
pleting  them,  the  enemy  charged  around  the  right  of  the  railroad, 
capturing  part  of  Lisle's  Brigade  of  our  Division.  When  our 
Regiment  was  ordered  double-quick  up  the  railroad  and  across 
to  the  right  in  support  of  a  field  battery  which  the  enemy  were 
then  trying  to  capture,  and  notwithstanding  the  drenching  rain 
and  the  terrific  fire  of  the  heavy  guns  which  Mahone's  Division 
had  bearing  on  us,  we  drove  their  advance  back,  and  saved  the 
battery  from  capture,  and  soon  after  charged  to  the  outer  line 
and  recaptured  the  line  of  rifle  pits  in  which  Lisle's  men  had  been 
captured,  and  strengthened  them  that  night.  It  was  still  raining 
very  hard.  The  men  were  obliged  to  lie  behind  these  improvised 
works  in  deep  mud.  In  the  evening  we  were  withdrawn  from 
this  line,  and  ordered  to  take  positions  behind  the  breastworks 
that  we  were  building  on  the  morning  of  the  iQth.  The  works 
of  the  Fourth  Division,  running  across  the  railroad,  lapped  our 
right,  about  two  hundred  yards,  and  about  the  same  distance  in 
advance  of  us,  between  their  works  and  ours  was  a  swamp  run 
ning  down  to  the  left  of  our  line.  The  enemy  thinking  that  the 
left  of  Cutler's  works  was  the  extreme  left  of  our  lines,  on  the 
morning  of  the  2ist,  Haygood's  Brigade  of  Mahone's  Division, 
made  a  desperate  charge  around  and  over  the  left  of  these  works 
while  Cutler's  men  were  still  behind  the  same,  and  when  they 
found  themselves  in  the  swamp  between  our  two  lines  of  works, 
they  seemed  to  be  bewildered.  General  Griffin  ordered  one  of 
our  batteries  to  fire  in  the  rear  of  them  to  keep  them  from 'going 
back,  and  called  upon  our  men  to  try  to  get  around  their  left.  A 
large  number  of  the  officers  and  men  of  the  Regiment  jumped 
over  the  work  and  were  soon  engaged  in  a  hand  to  hand  en 
counter  with  the  South  Carolina  men,  and  began  to  take  them  as 
prisoners.  The  color  bearer  of  one  of  the  South  Carolina  Regi 
ments  commenced  to  tear  his  colors  from  the  staff,  when  I  reach 
ed  for  them,  and  pulled  them  away  from  him  and  handed  them 
back  to  the  men  behind  me  to  pass  over  the  works.  I  went  for 
General  Haygood's  horse  that  was  galloping  towards  me,  but  be 
fore  I  could  get  the  bridle  rein  he  dropped  at  my  feet.  Shortly 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  125 

after  this  Captain  Daily,  of  General  Cutler's  Staff,  rode  up  to 
General  Haygood,  and  demanded  his  surrender,  whereupon  Gen 
eral  Haygood  drew  his  revolver  and  shot  Daily  in  the  breast,  in 
flicting  upon  him  a  very  severe  wound.  General  Haygood  then 
jumped  on  Captain  Daily's  horse  and  tried  to  get  away,  but  a  well 
directed  volley  from  our  men  behind  the  works  who  saw  the 
cowardly  act,  brought  both  horse  and  rider  to  the  ground.  The 
horse,  in  his  death  struggle,  kicked  one  of  the  Surgeons  of  Hay- 
good's  Brigade  in  the  head,  inflicting  a  very  severe  wound. 

The  result  of  this  engagement  was  the  loss  to  General  Ma- 
hone  of  several  hundred  prisoners,  and  several  battle  flags.  Gen 
eral  Mahone  then  found  that  the  left  of  our  line  was  not  very 
well  protected  and  made  a  move  in  that  direction.  The  iS/th 
Regiment  was  at  once  ordered  to  that  point  as  far  south  as 
White's  farm,  when  we  drove  the  Rebels  back  and  fortified  the 
road  at  that  point.  The  flag  referred  to  above  was  passed  back 
to  the  Provost  Guard,  and  was  turned  over  to  Headquarters  by 
them,  and  I  think  that  one  of  the  i8th  Massachusetts  Regiment 
received  the  credit  for  capturing  it. 

A  few  days  following  this  engagement  I  had  occasion  to  call 
on  General  Griffin,  when  he  spoke  of  the  service  of  the  iS/th  Regi 
ment,  complimenting  us  by  saying  that  our  movement  to  the  right, 
on  the  1 9th,  was  very  opportune.  That  we  not  only  saved  that 
field  battery  from  being  captured,  but  prevented  a  flanking  move 
ment  which  the  enemy  was  about  putting  into  execution,  which, 
if  successful,  they  would  have  gotten  around  our  right  and  rear, 
which  might  have  been  very  disastrous  to  the  Fifth  Corps.  The 
Ninth  Corps  coming  up  on  our  right  through  the  night  of  the 
.same  day  prevented  a  recurrence  of  that  attempt. 


126  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 


CHAPTER   XII. 


AT  REAM'S  STATION. 

FROM  the  2 ist  to  the  25th,  Hancock  had  been  operating  seven 
miles  south  of  Warren's  position  at  Ream's  Station.     On 
the  25th  the  Second  Corps  met  with  a  repulse  at  that  point. 
During  the  fighting  Warren  stood  to  arms,  and  the  iS/th,  with 
Griffin's  Division,  was  moved  out  into  the  road  in  marching  order 
to  go  to  Hancock's  support.     No  order  reaching  it,  with  the  Di 
vision,  returned  to  camp  and  continued  in  P.  &  W.  R.  R.  lines. 

September  4th  was  completed  a  strong  work  on  the  left  of 
Warren's  line,  designated  as  Fort  White.  Operations  on  it  had 
been  steadily  going  on  from  August  22nd  by  the  First  Brigade, 
First  Division,  Fifth  Corps,  to  which  the  i87th  was  attached. 
This  work  was  frequently  interrupted  by  cavalry  dashes  from  the 
enemy,  and  had  to  stop  while  the  troops  moved  out  and  drove  off 
the  Rebels. 

FORT  WHITE  AND  THE  LEFT  OF  THE  LINE,  SEPTEMBER  15-16x11. 

On  the  1 5th  the  picket  firing  became  general,  and  part  of  the 
Fifth  Corps  moved  out  toward  the  Vaughn  road.  The  firing 
continued  all  the  morning.  The  i87th  was  under  arms  from  3 
a.  m.  to  2  p.  m.,  when  it  moved  into  and  held  Fort  White.  The 
Rebels,  not  venturing  to  attack  it,  returned  to  camp  at  dusk. 

The  i6th  came,  full  of  alarms  and  excitements.  At  an  early 
hour  the  Fifth  Corps  stood  to  arms.  Heavy  skirmishing  wras  en 
gaged  in,  and  the  Rebels  came  out  in  force  three  miles  to  the  west 
ward.  At  8  a.  m.  the  i87th  broke  camp  and  moved  east  across 
the  P.  &  W.  R.  R.,  where  it  held  the  left  of  Warren's  line  and 
the  extreme  left  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

The  advanced  column,  having  accomplished  its  purpose, 
which  was  none  other  than  the  inauguration  of  Warren's  raid  into 
North  Carolina,  returned  to  the  P.  &  W.  R.  R. 


UNIVERSITY 
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PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  I2/ 


CHAPTER  XIII. 


ORDERED  TO  DEPARTMENT  OF  PENNSYLVANIA. 

SEPTEMBER  2ist,  by  special  orders,  the  i8;th  was  trans 
ferred  to  the  Department  of  Pennsylvania.  It  struck  tents 
and  bade  farewell  to  its  comrades  of  the  intrepid  Fifth 
Corps,  and  marched  from  its  place  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

On  the  22nd  it  marched  to  within  three  miles  of  City  Point. 

On  the  23rd  the  Regiment  embarked  on  the  steamboat 
Wenonah  and  soon  was  steaming  down  the  beautiful  and  historic 
James.  Crossing  the  Chesapeake  during  the  night,  the  dawn  of 
the  24th  found  the  Wenonah  gliding  through  the  waters  of  the 
Potomac.  The  same  day  the  Regiment  reached  Washington  and 
was  quartered  at  the  Soldiers'  Retreat  until  the  26th,  when  it  pro 
ceeded  by  rail  to  Philadelphia,  where  it  arrived  on  the  2/th  and 
breakfasted  at  the  Union  Volunteer  and  Cooper  Shop  Refresh 
ment  Saloons,  after  which  the  march  was  taken  up  over  Chest 
nut  street  to  Ridge  avenue  to  Camp  Cadwallader.  The  i87th  was 
welcomed  to  the  city  by  the  ringing  of  bells  and  other  demonstra 
tions  of  loyal  regard  and  joy. 

AT  CAMP  CADWALLADER. 

The  Regiment  arrived  at  Camp  Cadwallader  about  noon  on 
Saturday,  September  27th.  The  camp  was  situated  in  the  north 
ern  section  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  near  the  Odd  Fellows' 
cemetery,  and  was  composed  of  several  acres  of  land  surrounded 
by  a  high  picket  fence.  This  fence  was  taken  down  sometime 
during  the  Fall,  and  a  solid  board  fence,  sixteen  feet  high,  was 
built.  This  fence  had  a  boardwalk  three  feet  wide  near  the  top 
for  the  guard  to  walk  on.  In  the  enclosure  were  frame  build 
ings  for  the  various  departments,  cook  house,  mess  house,  hos 
pital  and  quarters  for  the  different  officers,  there  were  ten  build 
ings  for  quarters  for  the  men,  with  separate  quarters  for  the  Com- 


128  HISTORY  OF  l87TH  REGIMENT 

pany  officers.  The  nature  of  the  soil  was  such  that  as  soon  as  it 
rained,  the  camp  was  a  big  mud  hole.  When  the  Regiment  arrived 
there  we  were  not  permitted  to  occupy  the  barracks,  but  were  put 
down  in  one  corner  of  the  camp  near  the  city's  pest  house,  with 
out  any  protection  from  the  cold  nights  but  the  piece  of  shelter 
tent  that  we  had  carried  all  Summer.  Our  clothing  was  scant 
and  thin,  and  the  nights  were  cold,  but  we  were  not  allowed  to 
have  any  fire  to  keep  ourselves  warm.  Some  of  the  boys  gather 
ed  wood  and  built  a  small  fire,  but  it  was  soon  kicked  out  by  Cap 
tain  Cohen,  or  Captain  Etting,  who  seemed  to  be  prowling  around 
the  camp  in  search  of  trouble.  Our  officers  as  soon  as  we  reach 
ed  the  camp  had  requisitions  made  out  for  clothing  for  the  men, 
but  it  seemed  as  though  the  clothing  had  to  be  made  before  we 
could  get  it.  It  was  a  week  or  ten  days  before  the  clothing  reach 
ed  us.  All  the  time  Colonel  Beach,  the  commandant  of  the  camp, 
was  finding  fault  and  scolding  about  the  appearance  of  the  men, 
which  we  were  not  able  to  remedy  until  the  clothing  were  issued 
to  us  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department.  We  had  not  drawn 
any  clothing  since  early  in  May  and  had  been  with  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  from  Cold  Harbor,  until  after  the  battle  of  the  Wei- 
don  Railroad. 

When  we  reached  Camp  Cadwallader,  the  Regiment  was  in 
command  of  Captain  Joseph  A.  Ege,  of  Company  D.  Colonel 
Schultz  had  never  been  with  the  Regiment.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Joseph  F.  Ramsey  had  been  dismissed  and  Major  George  W.  Mer- 
rick  had  been  discharged  on  account  of  wounds  received  at  Peters 
burg,  June  1 8,  1864,  his  leg  being  amputated  from  the  effect 
of  said  wound.  This  condition  of  affairs  made  some  of  the  of 
ficers  on  duty  at  the  camp  look  with  longing  eyes  at  the  vacant 
places  in  the  Regiment,  and  they  began  to  send  petitions  to  Gov 
ernor  A.  G.  Curtin,  asking  him  to  appoint  Captain  Morganthaler, 
of  the  98th  P.  V.,  and  Captain  Rockafellow,  another  officer  on 
duty  at  the  camp,  to  the  vacant  offices  in  the  Regiment.  These 
petitions,  signed  by  all  the  officers  on  duty  at  Camp  Cadwallader, 
are  still  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 
In  a  short  time  an  order  was  issued  placing  Captain  Morgan- 
thaler  in  command  of  the  Regiment.  On  the  27th  of  January, 


LIEUTENANT  JONATHAN  JESSUP. 
Secretary  Survivors?  Association. 

COMPANY  B. 


VERSITY) 

or  J 

UFORNl^X 


i  WALTER  B.  RUBY. 


2  CORPORAL  JOHN  J.  HESS. 


3  CORPORAL  LEWIS  H.  MILNER. 
COMPANY  B. 


4  HENRY  GABLE. 


i   MILTON   B.   REYNOLDS.  2   WILLIAM   H.   HAMILTON. 

3  JOSEPH  W.  CAMPBELL. 

COMPANY    B. 


Of  THE 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  133 

1865,  Captain  John  E.  Parsons,  of  the  isoth  P.  V.,  was  made 
Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  at  the  request  of  the  Company 
officers,  and  on  the  iith  of  May  was  made  Colonel.  Captain 
Ege  was  then  made  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  Captain  Seip,  of 
Company  B,  Major. 

The  duties  of  the  Regiment  while  at  this  camp  were  mostly 
guard  and  provost  duty.  Nearly  every  week  a  detachment  was 
sent  to  City  Point,  or  Washington,  with  recruits  or  drafted  men. 
Upon  several  occasions  the  Regiment  was  called  upon  to  perform 
escort  duty  at  the  funeral  of  some  prominent  soldier,  one  of  whom 
was  Major  General  David  B.  Birney. 

On  the  22nd  of  April,  1865,  tne  Regiment  acted  as  escort  and 
guard  of  honor  at  the  funeral  of  President  Abraham  Lincoln. 

The  advent  of  the  Regiment  into  this  camp  was  the  begin 
ning  of  a  term  of  hardship,  contempt  and  cruelty  on  the  part 
of  its  commandant  and  other  officers,  that  soon  won  for  them 
the  complete  hatred  of  every  soldier  in  the  i87th.  The  Philadel 
phia  papers  of  that  day  contain  graphic  accounts  of  the  condition 
of  things  at  Camp  Cadwallader. 

PHILADELPHIA  INQUIRER,  DECEMBER  24,   1864. 

Captain  Cohen,  stationed  at  Camp  Cadwallader,  was  bound 
over  by  Alderman  White  on  Tuesday  evening,  charged  with 
misdemeanor,  by  keeping  the  bounty  money  of  Oliver  D.  Beamish, 
a  minor  under  eighteen  years  of  age.  It  seems  that  on  the 
7th  of  August  last,  Oliver  enlisted  in  the  2Oth  Regiment  Penn 
sylvania  Volunteers,  and  received  the  city  bounty  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars.  This  money  is  alleged  to  have  been  taken  from 
the  lad  by  the  Captain,  who  gave  him  a  receipt  for  it.  The 
father  of  the  lad  went  out  to  camp  and  the  receipt  was  transferred 
to  him.  Since  that  time  the  money  has  been  retained  by  the 
Captain.  He  refuses  to  pay  it  over. 

PHILADELPHIA  INQUIRER,  JANUARY,  1864. 

Camp  Cadwallader.  No  military  rendezvous  of  any  kind  es 
tablished  in  this  city  since  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  has  been 
the  cause  of  so  much  complaint,  or  the  source  of  as  many  com- 


134  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

munications  to  the  press  of  a  disparaging  character,  as  Camp 
Cadwallader.  These  complaints  consist  mainly  of  suffering  en 
dured  by  the  men  stationed  there,  and  injustice  done  them  by 
a  certain  set  of  unprincipled  officials  who  have  charge  of  matters 
and  things  generally  within  the  enclosure.  Filthy  quarters, 
miserable  diet,  embezzlement  of  money  belonging  to  soldiers,  an 
utter  disregard  for  the  welfare  and  comfort  of  the  men,  consti 
tute  a  portion  of  the  evils  complained  of,  and  which  have  caused 
so  many  desertions  that  would  otherwise  not  have  taken  place. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  recent  new  regulations  of  the  War 
Department,  and  the  appointment  of  new  officials,  will  produce 
a  wholesome  state  of  affairs  at  Camp  Cadwallader. 


PENN SYLVAN IA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  135 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


LINCOLN'S  FUNERAL. 

THE  following  was  taken  from  the  Philadelphia  Press  a  few 
days  following  the  death  of  President  McKinley :  Hun 
dreds  of  Philadelphians  who  read  yesterday  that  there  was 
a  possibility  that  the  remains  of  William  McKinley  might  lie  in 
state  at  Independence  Hall,  recalled  those  memorable  two  days  of 
1865,  when  the  body  of  the  murdered  Lincoln  rested  in  the  temple 
of  American  liberty. 

It  was  on  Saturday,  the  22nd  of  April,  that  the  funeral  train 
from  Washington  pulled  into  the  old  Baltimore  depot,  at  Broad 
street  and  Washington  avenue.  Thousands  lined  the  tracks  and 
thousands  more  the  city  streets.  Business  had  lagged  through  the 
day  and  by  noon  not  a  store  nor  warehouse  was  open,  and  when 
the  signal  gun  of  the  University  Light  Artillery,  stationed  at 
Broad  and  Market  streets,  boomed  out  the  news  that  the  "hearse 
car"  had  drawn  into  the  station,  the  citizens  of  Philadelphia  stood 
in  solemn  silence  to  see  the  body  of  the  Great  Leader,  as  it  was 
put  in  "The  Press"  of  April  24,  1865.  "Admiring  thousands  only 
four  years  ago  greeted  him  with  shouts  of  applause  upon  his  re 
ception  in  Philadelphia ;  now  wearing  badges  of  mourning,  they 
had  assembled  to  pay  the  sad  tribute  of  a  tear  over  his  corpse." 

"The  entire  city  was  hung  in  black,  with  a  few  private  resi 
dences  in  disgraceful  exception,"  as  the  papers  of  the  day  ex 
pressed  it.  The  flags,  half-masted,  hung  inactive  under  the  pass 
ing  showers,  or  flapped  disconsolately  in  the  cold  air  which  now 
and  again  blew  the  gray  clouds  across  the  sky. 

The  bells  throughout  the  city  tolled  in  muffled  strokes  as  the 
funeral  procession  started,  keeping  up  that  sad  accompaniment  till 
the  body  was  laid  in  state  in  the  chamber  under  the  very  flag  pole 
which  Lincoln  himself  had  dedicated. 


136  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

Major  General  Cadwallader  rode  at  the  head  of  the  first  of 
the  twelve  divisions,  followed  by  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsylva 
nia  Volunteers,  the  24th  United  States  Colored  Troops,  the  Broad 
Street  Cadets,  the  Keystone  Battery  and  the  First  City  Troop. 
Then  came  the  catafalque. 

"The  car,"  to  again  quote  from  "The  Press,"  "was  sixteen 
feet  by  eight  was  composed  of  a  dais  upon  which  the  remains 
rested,  five  feet  from  the  ground,  the  coffin  being  elevated  six 
inches  above  this.  Upon  four  columns  extending  upward  from 
each  corner  of  the  dais,  rested  a  canopy  of  fine  black  broadcloth, 
relieved  by  silver  orris  lace  and  bullion. 

"At  each  there  was  a  curtain  extending  from  the  canopy  to  the 
dais,  and  black  tassels,  interwined  with  silver  lace,  were  placed 
along  the  sides  of  the  car.  The  canopy  was  surmounted  by  a 
large  black  plume  in  the  center,  and,  on  either  side,  by  an  Ameri 
can  ensign,  the  staffs  tipped  with  eagles  of  silver." 

Before  half  of  the  line  of  march  had  been  covered,  darkness 
had  fallen,  but  colored  fires  were  lit  through  the  streets,  and  when 
at  last  the  catafalque  came  to  a  stop  before  the  central  gateway 
of  Independence  Square,  the  whole  green  area  was  as  bright  as 
day  from  their  lights.  Lining  the  main  walk  stood  the  members 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  one  of  whom,  writing  of  the  scene, 
has  said :  "It  was  grand,  sublime,  solemn,  as  the  bearers  with 
slow  and  measured  tread,  passed  up  the  central  avenue  and  reach 
ed  the  hall  consecrated  to  human  liberty,  and  then  appropriate 
to  the  reception  of  all  that  remained  of  the  mortality  of  its  great 
martyr." 

The  main  chamber  of  Independence  Hall,  walls  and  ceiling, 
was  draped  in  heavy  black,  relieved  only  by  great  wreaths  of  im 
mortelles  which  hung  between  the  windows  and  the  pictures  of 
Penn,  Washington,  Lafayette  and  Decatur;  over  the  main  door 
on  the  Chestnut  street  front  twined  the  letters,  "Rest  in  Peace." 

Shortly  after  8  o'clock,  the  city  authorities,  invited  guests 
and  members  of  the  press  were  admitted,  and  about  10  o'clock 
the  general  public  began  to  pass  in  two  long  black  lines  by  the 
black-shrouded  railings  which  surrounded  the  casket. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  137 

Among  the  first  was  a  woman,  no  longer  young  and  making 
no  effort  to  keep  back  her  tears.  Speechlessly  she  handed  one  of 
the  guard  of  honor  a  rudely  made  wreath,  twined  by  her  own 
hands,  from  ivy  and  fir,  and  he,  rising  to  the  truth  of  that  gift, 
silently  hung  it  among  the  most  honored  tributes  near  the  head  of 
the  man  that  dwelt  so  close  to  the  hearts  of  the  people. 

Sunday,  the  23rd,  dawned  cloudy  and  threatening,  but  long 
before  5  o'clock  crowds  had  begun  to  gather  before  the  old  State 
House.  By  n  o'clock  the  lines  passing  through  the  building 
reached  along  Chestnut  street,  west  to  Twentieth,  and  east  to  the 
wharf  and  from  there  to  Vine.  It  is  estimated  that  fully  187,000 
viewed  the  remains. 

During  the  morning,  the  crowd  in  the  street  before  Inde 
pendence  Hall  broke  through  the  police  lines  into  the  chamber 
where  the  body  lay.  The  building  and  the  streets  were  cleared, 
but  entering  the  houses  on  the  north  side  of  the  street  through 
rear  alleys,  and  in  many  cases  paying  householders  well  for  ad 
mission,  the  crowd  again  assembled  and  again  broke  through  the 
lines.  In  the  press  which  followed  men  fought  and  women  faint 
ed,  and  only  the  prompt  arrival  and  vigorous  action  of  the  troops, 
prevented  serious  trouble. 

On  Saturday,  April  22nd,  at  noon,  the  i87th  Regiment  left 
Camp  Cadwallader  and  marched  to  the  Philadelphia,  Wilmington 
and  Baltimore  depot,  at  Broad  street  and  Washington  avenue, 
and  upon  the  arrival  of  the  funeral  train  from  Washington,  took 
up  the  march  over  the  following  route :  Up  Broad  street  to 
Walnut,  to  Twenty-first,  to  Chestnut,  to  Fourth,  to  Walnut,  where 
a  halt  was  made  until  the  body  of  the  lamented  President  was 
born  into  Independence  Hall.  The  Regiment  was  then  marched 
back  to  camp,  and  remained  there  all  night.  The  next  morning 
it  was  ordered  to  Independence  Hall,  where  it  remained  all  day 
and  all  night  preserving  order  and  keeping  the  vast  crowd  of 
people  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet. 

At  5  o'clock  the  last  of  the  187,000  people  passed  through 
Independence  Hall  and  took  a  last  look  at  the  man  that  the  soldiers 
all  loved. 


138  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

The  casket  was  again  placed  upon  the  funeral  car  and  was 
escorted  by  the  iS/th  Regiment  to  the  Kensington  depot,  on  its 
way  to  its  last  resting  place  at  Springfield,  Illinois.  The  Regi 
ment  returned  to  Camp  Cadwallader,  reaching  there  about  10 
o'clock  a.  m. 


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CHAPTER  XV. 


ON  DETACHED  SERVICE  IN  PENNSYLVANIA. 

MAY  n,  1865,  Camp  Cadwallader  rang  with  the  hurrahs  of 
the  1 87th,  because  it  was  the  day  of  deliverance  from 
cruel  indignity,  etc.     On  this  day  the  Regiment  was  sent 
to  various  parts  of  the  State  on  provost  duty.     Company  A  re 
mained   in   Philadelphia;   I   was   sent  to   McConnelsburg ;   D   to 
Chambersburg ;  H,  C,  K,  G  to  Spring  Mills ;  E  and  F  to  Camp 
Distribution,  near  Braddock,  on  the  Monongahela  river,  and  B 
to  Bedford.     The  duty  demanded  of  these  detached  portions  of 
the  Regiment  was  in  the  nature  arduous  and  at  times  dangerous. 

THE  MARCH  TO  SPRING  MILLS. 

On  the  nth  day  of  May,  1865,  tne  following  order  was 
issued : 

HEADQUARTERS,    RENDEZVOUS   DRAFTED 
MEN, 

SPECIAL  ORDERS,  PHILADELPHIA,  PA., 

No.  81.  May  n,  1865. 

EXTRACT. 

V.  Pursuant  to  instructions  from  the  Adjutant  General's 
office,  War  Department,  the  following  Companies  of  the  iS/th 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers  are  hereby  relieved  from  duty 
at  this  Rendezvous  and  will  proceed  under  command  of  Captain 
William  Young  to  Camp  Discharge,  near  Spring  Mills,  Penna. : 

Company  "C,"  Captain  William  Young. 
Company  ''G,"  Captain  William  H.  Carling. 
Company  "H,"  Captain  Charles  W.  Mutchler. 
Company  "K,"  Lieutenant  George  S.  Walker. 


140  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

VI.  Upon  arrival  at  their  destination,  Captain  Young  will 
report  with  his  command  for  duty  to  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel 
John  Hancock,  A.  A.  G.,  Vols.,  commanding  Camp  Discharge. 

Assistant  Surgeon  Theodore  Jacobs,  iS/th  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  is  hereby  released  from  duty  at  this  Rendezvous  and 
will  report  to  Captain  William  Young,  i87th  Pennsylvania  Vol 
unteers,  for  duty  with  the  detachment  of  the  i87th  P.  V.  under 
his  command. 

VII.  The  A.  A.  Quartermaster  and  Commissary  will  fur 
nish  the  detachment  of  the  i87th  P.  V.  under  the  command  of 
Captain  Young,  with  one  day's  cooked  rations. 

By  command  of  Brevet  Brigadier  General, 

A.    CUMMINGS. 
DAVID  F.  FoiyKY, 

Official :  Major  V.  R.  C.  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 

DAVID  F.  FOLEY, 

Major  V.  R.  C.  and  A.  A.  A.  G. 

Pursuant  to  the  above  order,  Companies  C,  G,  H  and  K,  of 
the  1 87th  P.  V.,  left  Camp  Cadwallader  on  the  I2th  of  May  to 
march  to  Camp  Discharge,  at  Spring  Mills,  Montgomery  county, 
Pa.  The  route  of  march  was  up  Ridge  avenue  to  Manayunk, 
where  they  crossed  the  Schuylkill  river  to  west  side,  and  con 
tinued  their  march  up  along  the  west  bank  of  the  river.  They 
had  hardly  more  than  crossed  the  river  when  a  heavy  thunder 
storm  came  up  and  lasted  all  the  afternoon  and  nearly  all  night. 
The  march  was  a  hard  one  for  the  men,  as  they  had  not  done  any 
marching  for  several  months,  and  in  addition  to  that  they  were 
loaded  down  with  extra  clothing,  so  before  the  march  was  half 
over,  the  men  were  pretty  well  fagged  out.  When  the  storm 
broke  on  them  they  were  given  orders  to  seek  shelter  wherever 
they  could  find  it.  Some  found  it  in  barns,  some  in  a  large  cover 
ed  bridge,  while  others  plodded  on  to  camp,  arriving  there  cover 
ed  with  mud  and  wet  to  the  skin.  Some  of  them  looked  as  if 
they  had  been  taking  a  mud  bath  with  their  clothes  on.  The 
camp  was  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Schuylkill  river  on 
what  is  now  called  Spring  Mill  Heights,  and  was  used  as  a  Ren- 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  14! 

dezvous  for  the  men  returning  from  the  front  to  be  discharged. 
A  large  number  of  men  were  sent  there  that  had  been  confined  in 
the  various  Rebel  prisons  for  months.  Some  of  them  were  in 
such  a  feeble  condition  that  they  could  hardly  walk,  and  a  num 
ber  of  them  never  reached  their  homes.  They  died  at  the  camp 
and  were  buried  in  the  little  cemetery  just  outside  of  the  camp. 

The  duty  of  the  i8;th  P.  V.  while  there  was  principally  the 
ordinary  camp  guard  duty.  A  large  detail  was  made  each  day  to 
work  at  digging  down  the  hill  in  order  to  make  a  level  parade 
ground. 

The  camp  was  a  healthy  one  and  the  good  people  of  the 
surrounding  country  were  good  and  kind  to  the  boys  while  there  ; 
in  fact  it  was  a  heaven  in  comparison  with  Camp  Cadwallader. 

Here  the  four  Companies  remained  until  the  latter  part  of 
July  when  we  were  ordered  to  Harrisburg  to  be  mustered  out  of 
the  service. 

MUSTERED  OUT. 

During  July  and  August,  the  iS/th  was  concentrated  at  Har 
risburg,  where,  on  the  3rd  of  August,  it  ceased  to  be  a  part  of 
the  volunteer  forces  called  into  the  service  of  the  Government  for 
the  suppression  of  the  rebellion. 

The  i S/th  was  marshalled  by  the  dauntless  Chamberlain, 
the  heroic  Griffin  and  the  superb  Warren.  It  bore  aloft  the 
Maltese  cross  and  did  the  bidding  of  Grant  and  Meade  as  it  moved 
under  "Old  Glory"  from  the  Potomac  to  the  Rappahannock,  and 
to  the  James  and  to  Petersburg,  and  to  the  Weldon  Railroad  and 
to  Fort  White  in  the  ranks  of  the  fire-tried  and  war-scarred  Fifth 
Corps,  covering  its  name  with  imperishable  glory  and  honor  as 
it  did  battle  for  the  best  Magna  Charta  the  world  ever  saw. 

And  now,  forty  years  after  it  stacked  its  arms  in  o,ld 
Camp  Curtin,  many  of  its  survivors,  old  in  years  and  battle-scar 
red,  wherever  they  dwell,  look  back  to  the  sixties  and  recall  the 
glory  in  the  deathless  names  of  South  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fred- 
ericksburg,  and  Chancellorsville,  while  the  entire  Regiment  repeat 
and  add  to  its  glory  those  other  deathless  names  of  Cold  Harbor, 
Petersburg,  Jerusalem  Plank  Road,  Mine  Fiasco,  Weldon  Rail- 


142  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

road,  and  sixty  days  and  nights  amid  the  fires  of  the  Petersburg 
entrenchments. 

No  bronze  or  marble  shaft  may  ever  tell  the  passerby  of  the 
devotion  to  and  in  defence  of  the  Old  Flag.  The  iS/th  has  a 
more  enduring  monument,  and  as  long  as  history  shall  be  made 
and  read,  will  its  students  ponder  over  the  commendatory  words 
of  Chamberlain  :  ''Men,  you  did  excellently  to-day ;"  or  those  of 
Ayres,  "This  Regiment  did  its  duty  handsomely ;"  or  to  those  of 
Winthrope,  "The  iS/th  P.  V.  moved  to  the  front  in  magnificent 
style;"  or  those  of  Griffin,  "The  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men 
was  all  that  could  be  desired ;"  or  those  of  Warren,  "Men  and 
officers  performed  their  duty  as  well  as  any  did  under  the  cir 
cumstances."  Can  men  ask  more  than  this  commendation  from 
officers  high  in  rank,  heroic  in  battle,  and  correct  in  judgment? 

The  1 87th  asks  no  other  monument  to  its  patriotism,  loyalty 
and  service  than  the  estimate  put  upon  it  by  Chamberlain,  Ayres, 
Winthrope,  Griffin  and  Warren.  Its  slain  rests  on  every  field  on 
which  it  fought,  and  of  them  we  say,  in  the  words  of  Colonel 
Roberts :  "We  cannot  but  feel  sad  when  we  think  of  those  who 
have  fallen — they  were  our  friends  and  associates — but  they 
perished  gallantly  in  a  glorious  cause  and  have  left  behind  them 
names  as  imperishable  as  we  trust  our  country's  fame  will  be. 
Their  monument  must  be  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  Their  re 
quiem  the  blessings  of  the  free." 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  143 


CHAPTER  XVI. 


INAUGURATION  OF  GOVERNOR  WILLIAM  A.  STONE. 

SUPREME  COURT  ROOM, 

HARRISBURG,  PAV 
January  16,  1899. 

PURSUANT  to  a  call  contained  in  a  circular  letter,  issued  by 
James  M.  Gibbs,  as  Chairman,  and  Jerome  B.  Starry,  as 
Secretary,  a  large  number  of  the  members  of  the  iS/th 
Regiment  P.  V.  assembled  in  the  Supreme  Court  Room,  at  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.,  on  Monday  evening,  January  16,  1899. 

On  motion,  duly  seconded,  Comrade  F.  K.  Ployer,  of  Com 
pany  D,  was  elected  Chairman,  and  Comrade  Jerome  B.  Starry, 
of  Company  I,  Secretary  of  the  meeting.  The  question  of  form 
ing  a  permanent  organization  from  the  surviving  members  of  the 
1 87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  to  be  styled  "The  Sur 
vivors'  Association  of  the  i8/th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Vol 
unteers,"  was  discussed  by  Comrades  James  M.  Gibbs,  of  Com 
pany  C ;  W.  H.  Shearer,  of  Company  D ;  William  R.  Householder, 
of  Company  D,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  J.  A.  Ege ;  but  it  was 
finally  decided  to  leave  the  question  of  permanent  organization 
until  the  following  day,  and  at  the  present  time  to  merely  organ 
ize  temporarily  for  the  purpose  of  participating  in  the  inaugura 
tion  of  Comrade  William  A.  Stone,  as  Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 

Comrade  George  G.  Lovett,  Captain  of  Company  K,  moved 
that  Comrade  James  M.  Gibbs,  of  Company  C,  act  as  Marshal  of 
the  Survivors  of  the  i87th  P.  V.  at  the  Inauguration  Services  of 
the  Governor-elect,  William  A.  Stone,  with  power  to  appoint  his 
own  Aids.  Motion  duly  seconded  and  carried. 

Comrade  James  M.  Gibbs  moved  that  a  committee  of  five 
be  appointed  by  the  Chairman  to  report  at  3  o'clock  on  the  after 
noon  of  the  seventeenth,  a  plan  of  permanent  organization,  and 
that  the  temporary  officers  of  this  meeting  be  additional  members 


144  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

of  the  committee.  The  motion  was  seconded  and  unanimously 
agreed  to,  whereupon  the  Chair  appointed  Colonel  J.  A.  Ege  as 
Chairman  of  the  committee,  and  Captain  George  G.  Lovett,  C.  P. 
Harder,  Wilmot  Ayres  and  H.  C.  Shearer,  who,  with  Chairman 
Gibbs  and  Secretary  Starry,  constituted  the  committee. 

Chairman  Ege  announced  that  the  committee  would  meet  at 
2.30  on  the  seventeenth,  for  the  purpose  of  drafting  Constitution 
and  By-Laws. 

The  question  of  regimental  organization  was  further  dis 
cussed  by  Comrades  John  H.  Wallace,  Company  C;  Wilmot 
Ayres,  Company  B ;  Thomas  P.  Morgan,  Company  C,  and  Cap 
tain  George  G.  Lovett,  Company  K. 

Upon  motion,  duly  seconded,  the  Chair  was  authorized  to 
appoint  a  committee  to  receive  and  escort  the  incoming  comrades 
to  the  headquarters  of  the  Regiment  at  the  Supreme  Court  room, 
whereupon  the  Chair  appointed  Comrades  Samuel  Bricker,  of 
Company  D;  John  W.  Everhart,  Company  F;  Thomas  B.  Mc- 
Cord,  Company  H ;  Wilmot  Ayres,  Company  B ;  William  D.  Rit- 
ner,  and  Robert  M.  McKeehan,  of  Company  D,  and  John  H. 
Wallace,  of  Company  C.  The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  meet 
at  3  o'clock  on  Tuesday  afternoon. 

The  Comrades  assembled  at  9  o'clock  a.  m.  on  the  seven 
teenth,  to  proceed  to  the  Executive  Mansion  to  escort  Comrade 
William  A.  Stone,  Governor-elect,  to  the  place  of  Inauguration. 
There  being  some  misunderstanding  in  regard  to  music,  the 
band  promised  by  the  Inaugural  Committee  did  not  make  its 
appearance.  A  drum  was  secured  and  Comrade  A.  G.  Kyle,  of 
Company  D,  a  member  of  the  Regimental  Drum  Corps,  beat 
the  time.  The  Comrades  marched  in  command  of  Comrade 
James  M.  Gibbs,  of  Company  C,  to  Third  street,  to  Market  street, 
to  Front  street,  to  the  Executive  Mansion,  and  from  there  es 
corted  Comrade  William  A.  Stone  to  the  Inaugural  Stand,  in 
front  of  the  Capitol  and  there  formed  a  hollow  square  and  sur 
rounded  him  during  the  Inaugural  Ceremony,  after  which  the 
Association  disbanded  to  meet  at  3  o'clock  in  the  Supreme  Court 
Room. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER  INFANTRY  145 

SUPREME  COURT  ROOM, 

HARRISBURG,  PA., 
January  17,   1899. 

Subsequent  to  adjournment  on  January  i6th,  the  Survivors 
of  the  1 87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  met  at  3  o'clock 
this  afternoon  in  the  Supreme  Court  Room  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  permanent  organization,  Comrade  F.  K.  Ployer,  of 
Company  D,  presiding. 

On  motion,  duly  seconded,  it  was  unanimously  agreed  that 
Colonel  J.  A.  Ege  act  as  Chairman  of  the  meeting  temporarily. 

Colonel  Ege :  " Comrades,  I  thank  you  for  the  honor  con 
ferred  upon  me,  and  will  proceed  to  business  promptly.  Will 
Comrade  Rev.  Wilson  Smith,  of  Company  D,  invoke  the  divine 
blessing  upon  this  meeting?" 

Comrade  Smith :  "O  God,  our  Heavenly  Father,  we  thank 
thee  that  thou  hast  permitted  us  to  assemble  together  as  Sur 
vivors  of  the  1 87th  Regiment,  and  we  thank  thee  for  the  privilege 
of  mingling  our  voices  in  remembrance  of  the  past.  We  ask  thee, 
our  Heavenly  Father,  that  thou  will  grant  to  look  upon  us  as  we 
are  gathered  here  this  afternoon  and  to  bless  us.  May  the  Spirit 
lead  and  guide  in  the  way  of  truth  and  light.  We  thank  thee, 
our  Heavenly  Father,  for  what  our  eyes  have  seen  this  day ; 
that  one  of  our  fellow  Comrades  has  been  inaugurated  as  the 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania.  We  thank  thee  that  thou 
hast  seen  fit  that  from  our  ranks  should  be  chosen  one  to  sit  in  the 
chair  of  the  Governor  of  the  great  State  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
we  ask  that  thou  wilt  bless  him  in  his  administration  and  in  his 
bearing  among  the  people.  Our  hearts  were  touched  as  he  de- 
delivered  his  inaugural  address  and  we  pray  that  thou  wilt  give 
him  ability  and  courage  to  carry  out  his  convictions.  Bless  our 
Colonel,  who  led  us  safely  through  the  battles  of  the  late  war. 
When  we  look  back  through  the  years  that  are  past  and  remember 
the  Comrades  that  fell  upon  the  battlefield  and  shed  their  life- 
blood  in  defense  of  our  glorious  country,  O  God,  we  feel  sad  in 
our  hearts.  We  feel  a  deep  mourning  for  those  loyal  and  true 
men  who  fell ;  and  we  trust  this  afternoon,  our  Heavenly  Father, 


146  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

that  they  are  marching  in  the  ranks  of  the  heavenly  army  over  the 
fields  of  glory.  O  God  bless  every  Comrade  here  to-day  and 
help  us  in  our  meeting  that  it  may  be  a  benefit  and  keep  intact 
the  social  spirit  among  us ;  and  O  God,  may  we  still  have  a  love 
for  one  another,  and  may  we  bear  each  other  up  in  the  arms  of 
prayer,  and  may  we  be  ready  to  help  our  fellow  Comrades  in 
every  good  thing  that  we  can  do.  Our  Father,  we  pray  thee  to 
bless  our  great  Government.  Do  thou  bless  President  McKinley 
in  his  administration.  We  pray,  O  Father,  that  we  may  see 
peace  and  prosperity  in  our  land;  may  we  enjoy  the  rich  bless 
ings  of  good  citizenship  and  when  our  warfare  is  o'er  and  life  is 
at  an  end,  as  we  have  met  here  together  this  afternoon  in  this  As 
sociation,  may  we  meet  in  heaven,  where  we  shall  be  with  thee  for 
ever,  and  thine  shall  be  the  honor,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory. 
Amen." 

Chairman  Ege :  "At  yesterday's  meeting  a  committee  of 
seven  was  appointed  to  draft  a  Constitution  looking  towards  the 
permanent  organization  of  a  Regimental  Association  for  the 
iS/th  Regiment,  and  I  would  ask  that  the  Secretary  read  the  Con 
stitution  as  drafted  by  the  committee." 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  following  report  of  the  commit 
tee : 

The  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose  submit  the  follow 
ing  By-Laws  for  the  government  of  the  Association,  which  was 
unanimously  adopted : 

Section  I.  The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  "The  Sur 
vivors'  Association  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Vol 
unteers." 

Section  II.  The  officers  of  this  Association  shall  consist  of 
a  President,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Chaplain,  Historian  and  an 
Executive  Committee,  consisting  of  five  members,  and  the  sur 
viving  members  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
The  President,  Vice  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Chap 
lain  and  Historian,  shall  be  members  ex-officio  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Section  III.  All  members  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers,  are  entitled  to  membership  in  this  Association. 


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Section  IV.  Admission  fee  shall  be  one  dollar,  and  the  an 
nual  dues  twenty-five  cents. 

Section  V.  The  President  is  authorized  to  call  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Regimental  Association,  by  a  petition  in  writing, 
signed  by  a  majority  of  the  Executive  Committee.  A  majority  of 
the  Executive  Committee  to  constitute  a  quorum. 

Section  VI.  Fifteen  members  of  the  Regimental  Associa 
tion  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  at 
any  annual  or  special  meeting. 

Section  VII.  The  organization  shall  meet  in  session  at  least 
once  a  year  at  such  time  and  place  as  designated  at  the  prior  meet 
ing  of  the  Association,  or  at  the  call  of  the  President. 

The  above  By-Laws  were  adopted  by  the  Association. 

The  following  officers  were  then  elected :  President,  Hon. 
William  A.  Stone,  Company  A ;  Vice  President,  James  M.  Gibbs, 
Company  C ;  Secretary,  Jerome  B.  Starry,  Company  I ;  Treasurer, 
Frederick  K.  Ployer,  Company  D ;  Chaplain,  Rev.  Wilson  Smith, 
Company  D ;  Historian,  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz,  Company  B ;  Ex 
ecutive  Committee,  Captain  William  Young,  Company  C ;  Wil 
liam  R.  Householder,  Company  D ;  L.  C.  Kresher,  Company  E ; 
George  W.  Kennedy,  Hospital  Steward ;  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz, 
Company  B. 

The  newly  elected  officers  were  then  installed  and  in  the 
absence  of  the  President,  Comrade  William  A.  Stone,  the  Vice 
President,  Comrade  James  M.  Gibbs,  took  the  chair  and  de 
livered  the  following  address : 

"Comrades,  this  is  an  occasion  that  I've  been  working  for, 
and  bending  every  effort  towards,  for  the  last  fifteen  years.  No 
body  can  realize  how  much  good  it  has  done  me  to  look  into  the 
faces  of  so  many  members  of  the  i87th  Regiment  to-day.  Of 
course  your  faces  are  not  what  they  were  thirty  years  ago.  Some 
of  you  have  bright  spots  on  the  top  of  your  heads,  and  some  of 
you  have  white  heads.  Time  has  dealt  harshly  with  many  of  us. 
You  remember,  Comrades,  in  1864,  on  a  bright  May  morning,  we 
marched  down  Ridge  avenue  to  North  street,  to  Third,  to 
Market,  and  out  Market  street  across  the  old  Camel  Back  Bridge 
to  Bridgeport,  where  we  were  loaded  into  box  cars  and  started 


148  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

for  the  front  by  the  way  of  Baltimore  and  Washington.  After 
remaining  in  Washington  for  a  short  time  we  marched  across  the 
Potomac,  to  Arlington,  where  we  camped  for  a  few  days,  when 
we  again  took  up  the  march  towards  Alexandria,  where  we  were 
loaded  on  transports  and  sailed  down  the  Potomac,  to  the  Chesa 
peake  Bay,  then  up  the  Rapahannock  river  to  Port  Royal,  where 
we  remained  for  a  few  days  when  we  took  up  the  march  to  Cold 
Harbor. 

"You  all  remember  the  incidents  of  that  march.  You  re 
member  well  the  arrival  at  Cold  Harbor,  and  our  assignment  to 
the  First  Brigade,  First  Division,  of  the  Fifth  Corps.  You  all 
remember  the  experience  we  had  in  the  Chickahominy  Swamps. 
You  remember  the  crossing  of  the  James  River,  and  the  terrible 
march  from  there  to  Petersburg,  on  the  afternoon  of  the  sixteenth 
day  of  June,  arriving  there  late  that  night,  and  resting  on  the 
seventeenth.  You  remember,  Comrades,  starting  out  on  the 
morning  of  the  eighteenth,  and  going  over  the  field  on  which  the 
Ninth  Corps  had  fought  the  day  before.  You  remember  crossing 
the  railroad  and  resting  in  the  ravine  until  some  time  late  in  the 
afternoon,  when  the  bugle  sounded  the  advance.  That  bugle 
sounded  the  death  knell  of  many  of  our  brave  Comrades.  I 
think  at  times  that  I  can  still  hear  its  sound.  You  remember 
well  the  sad  experience  in  the  trenches  around  Petersburg,  on  the 
picket  line,  or  working  in  the  trenches  for  sixty  long  days.  You 
remember  the  move  to  the  Weldon  Railroad,  and  the  three  days 
hard  fighting  there.  Comrades,  it  makes  me  feel  sad  to  think  of 
these  incidents ;  to  think  of  the  Comrades  whose  bones  are  still 
lying  in  the  soil  of  Virginia.  Comrades,  we  had  some  very 
pleasant  times  during  our  term  of  service ;  but  we  have  the  satis 
faction  of  knowing  that  the  Regiment  did  its  whole  duty  in  what 
ever  position  it  was  placed. 

"After  being  relieved  from  duty  at  the  Weldon  Railroad,  we 
were  taken  to  Philadelphia,  and  did  duty  there.  Far  better  would 
it  have  been  for  the  Regiment  had  we  been  kept  at  the  front  and 
remained  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  After  being  dis 
charged,  the  members  of  the  Regiment  returned  to  the  routine 
of  civil  life.  Some  went  back  to  their  farms ;  some  to  the  shops 


i  OTTO  STEININGER. 


2  GEORGE  BERKHEIMER. 


i  CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  YOUNG.  2  CORPORAL  \V.  E.  MOHR. 

3  LIEUT.  JAMES  R.  JOHNSON.    4  SERGT.  A.  B.  PATTON. 

COMPANY   C. 


i  C.  P.  HARDER.         2  ORVILL  D.  HARDER.         3  C.  P.  HARDER. 
4  JOHN  H.  HARDER. 

COMPANY   C. 


JAMES  M.  GIBBS,  COMPANY  C. 
Vice  President,  Survivors'  Association. 


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and  mills,  and  mines;  some  returned  to  the  schools  and  took  up 
the  books  they  lay  down  when  they  left  home  to  enlist.  We 
find  the  members  of  the  Regiment  scattered  all  over  this  land  of 
ours.  They  live  in  nearly  every  State  of  this  Union  and  are 
engaged  in  nearly  all  the  trades  and  professions.  Some  are  bank 
ers,  some  are  lawyers,  doctors  and  ministers  of  the  gospel.  We 
have  one  member  of  the  Regiment  who  enlisted  as  a  private  sol 
dier,  was  promoted  to  Corporal,  to  Sergeant,  and  to  Second  Lieu 
tenant.  When  he  was  discharged  he  returned  to  school,  and  after 
taking  a  course  in  one  of  our  State  Normal  Schools,  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  practice.  He  moved  to  one  of  the  cities 
of  the  western  part  of  the  State,  and  soon  became  an  active  mem 
ber  of  the  profession  in  that  city.  He  was  appointed  to  the  high 
position  of  U.  S.  District  Attorney  for  the  Western  District  of  the 
State.  He  was  afterward  elected  to  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  and  was  re-elected  for  several  terms ;  and  when  in  Con 
gress  he  was  always  found  working  in  the  interest  of  the  old 
soldier,  and  was  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  Congress. 

"The  people  of  this  Commonwealth  selected  him  last  Fall  to 
be  the  Governor  of  the  State,  and  we  are  here  to-day  to  see  Wil 
liam  A.  Stone,  of  Company  A,  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers,  inaugurated  Governor  of  this  grand  old  State. 

"Comrades,  permit  me  to  give  you  a  brief  outline  of  the  work 
we  have  been  doing  to  bring  about  this  reunion  of  the  iS/th  Regi 
ment.  After  the  election  of  Comrade  Stone,  some  of  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Regiment  thought  that  it  would  be  the  proper  thing 
for  him  to  be  surrounded  by  the  members  of  the  Regiment  when 
he  took  upon  himself  the  oath  of  his  high  office.  As  the  Gov 
ernors  of  Pennsylvania  for  many  years — Geary,  Hoyt,  Hartranft 
and  Beaver,  had  all  been  surrounded  by  the  members  of  their  Regi 
mental  Association  when  they  were  inaugurated,  I  looked  about 
Harrisburg  and  found  three  members  of  the  i87th  Regiment  liv 
ing  in  the  city,  Comrades  Jerome  B.  Starry  and  A.  M.  Landis,  of 
Company  I,  and  myself.  We  met  and  formed  a  society,  and  sent 
out  to  all  the  members  of  the  Regiment  whose  address  we  knew,  a 
circular  letter.  As  a  result,  we  have  this  splendid  gathering  here 
to-day.  We  have  assembled  here  to-day  to  do  honor  to  a  man 
9 


154  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

who  carried  a  gun;  a  man  who  has  earned  the  promotion  that 
he  has  obtained.  Now,  Comrades,  as  we  have  organized  our  As 
sociation,  let  us  try  to  get  a  little  closer  together  in  the  future 
than  we  have  done  in  the  past.  It  has  been  thirty-four  years  since 
so  many  of  us  have  been  together,  so  let  us  meet  one  another  and 
shake  a  friendly  hand  and  look  into  one  another's  faces,  as  many 
of  us  have  done  to-day  and  yesterday,  and  let  us  help  one  another 
whenever  we  possibly  can. 

"I  wish  that  the  members  of  the  Association  who  know  of 
the  residence  of  any  other  members  of  the  Regiment  would  no 
tify  the  Secretary  and  give  him  their  names  and  address.  Fully 
one-third,  if  not  one-half,  of  our  old  Comrades  have  answered  the 
last  roll  call;  but  let  us  strive  to  make  our  Association  a  suc 
cess,  and  when  we  come  together  again  let  there  be  double  the 
number  that  are  here  to-day. 

"Comrades,  with  these  few  remarks  I  thank  you  for  the 
honor  that  you  have  conferred  upon  me,  for  I  deem  it  an  honor  to 
be  the  Vice  President  of  this  Association." 

The  Vice  President  then  stated  that  the  committee  had  se 
cured  a  banner  for  the  use  of  the  Association,  and  described  it  as 
follows :  Size,  24  by  36  inches.  The  front  was  of  blue  silk,  and 
engraved  as  follows  in  gilt  letters :  Veteran  Association,  i87th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  I.  In  the  center  a  red  Maltese  Cross,  the  badge 
of  the  Fifth  Army  Corps.  The  reverse  side  of  white  silk,  and 
lettered  as  follows:  Organized,  March,  1864.  Discharged,  Au 
gust  3,  1865.  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  i8th,  2Oth  and  2ist;  Weldon 
Railroad,  August  18,  19,  20  and  21,  1864.  It  was  moved  that  the 
Association  accept  and  adopt  the  banner.  Motion  was  duly 
seconded  and  carried. 

Comrade  Lovett:  "Mr.  Chairman,  what  time  do  we  attend 
the  reception  this  evening?  I  move  you,  sir,  that  when  we  ad 
journ,  we  adjourn  to  meet  here  at  7  o'clock  this  evening,  to 
attend  the  reception  of  the  Governor  under  the  Marshalship  of 
the  Vice  President."  Motion  carried. 

Comrade  Mager:  "There  is  one  thing  that  I  would  like  to 
say,  and  I  would  like  the  Comrades  to  bear  in  mind,  and  that  is 
that  the  Philadelphia  delegation  of  the  iS/th  Regiment  wishes 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  155 

to  meet  you  in  Philadelphia  and  show  you  our  hospitality  on 
the  occasion  of  the  annual  encampment  of  the  G.  A.  R.  in 
1899.  We  want  to  see  you  and  we  want  you  to  call 
and  see  us  when  in  Philadelphia." 

It  was  then  moved,  and  duly  seconded,  that  when  we  finally 
adjourned  that  we  adjourn  to  meet  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia 
during  the  week  of  the  Annual  Encampment  of  the  G.  A.  R.  in 
1899.  Motion  carried. 

Comrade  Ayres :  "Mr.  Chairman,  I  would  like  to  say  in 
response  to  the  Comrade  from  Philadelphia  who  has  just  extend 
ed  such  a  welcome  invitation,  that  I  personally  have  only  one  thing 
now  to  live  for  and  that  is  to  come  to  Philadelphia,  and  if  my 
health  is  good,  I  want  to  meet  all  our  Comrades  in  Philadelphia." 

Comrade  Kennedy :  "I  was  going  to  make  a  suggestion  in 
regard  to  the  matter  of  a  Ladies'  Auxiliary,  and  that  is,  that  a  com 
mittee  of  three  be  appointed  to  take  this  matter  up  and  report  at 
the  meeting  in  Philadelphia."  A  motion  was  then  made  that  a  com 
mittee  of  three  be  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  ques 
tion  of  a  Ladies'  Auxiliary.  Motion  duly  seconded  and  adopted. 

The  Vice  President  then  appointed  the  following  Comrades 
as  that  committee :  C.  P.  Harder,  Company  C ;  W.  R.  House 
holder,  Company  D,  and  Phil.  S.  Mager,  Company  E. 

Comrade  Lovett :  "Mr.  Chairman,  permit  me  to  introduce 
to  the  Association  Comrade  Harder,  of  Company  C,  better  known 
as  "Little  Pete,  the  Drummer  Boy,"  the  youngest  soldier  of  the 
Rebellion." 

Comrade  Harder:  "Mr.  Chairman  and  Comrades,  I  feel 
very  much  gratified  in  meeting  with  you  here  this  afternoon,  and 
I  really  do  not  intend  to  make  a  speech.  I  merely  wish  to  ex 
press  my  appreciation  at  being  here  after  so  many  years  have 
passed  since  we  marched  and  bivouaced  together.  My  gratifica 
tion  is  such  that  I  am  not  able  to  express  in  words.  I  thank  you 
for  this  pleasure." 

Comrade  Wilson  Smith :  "Mr.  Chairman  and  Comrades,  I 
feel  very  much  exalted  over  this  meeting.  I  felt  a  great  deal  af 
fected  when  I  bid  my  wife  good-bye  to  come  to  Harrisburg,  and 
I  feel  affected,  but  in  a  spirit  of  gladness  this  day  in  meeting  with 


156  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

the  Comrades  of  the  iS/th  Regiment.  Many  a  time  in  quiet 
hours  at  home  I  have  thought,  and  in  my  thoughts  I  have  gone 
over  the  ground  that  we  traveled  and  the  hardships  that  we  en 
dured  together  when  we  drank  out  of  the  same  canteen. 

"I  have  often  thought  about  that  and  those  other  occasions. 
On  one  occasion  I  thought  particularly  of  Comrade  Ritner.  I  re 
member  when  we  were  right  in  the  front  at  Petersburg,  and  we 
had  to  keep  our  heads  down,  and  he  arose  one  morning,  and  as 
he  arose  he  was  stretching  himself  when  the  enemy  fired  and 
struck  him  in  the  arm  with  a  bullet,  and  he  grabbed  his  arm  and 
said  one  of  those  little  words  that  sometimes  we  utter,  and  he 
remarked  that  if  he  had  that  fellow  he  would  riddle  him  from 
top  to  bottom.  Many  a  time  I  have  thought.  And  what  pleased 
me  most  to-day  is  that  when  I  came  into  this  room  and  saw  my 
Comrades  and  looked  into  their  faces,  I  made  the  remark  to  my 
self  as  I  made  to  citizens  on  the  street,  that  I  am  proud  of  the 
men  of  the  i87th  Regiment.  We  have  bright  men  who  have 
conducted  themselves  in  such  a  manner  that  this  day  we  can 
be  proud  of  them.  I  will  never  forget  the  time  when  I  carried  a 
gun,  and  many  a  time  I  think  about  Captain  Ege.  And  one  time 
he  made  me  ride  a  horse  about  twelve  feet  high,  and  you  know 
it  was  only  about  an  inch  wide.  I  had  to  sit  on  there  for  two 
hours,  and  I  had  no  stirrups.  I  remember  a  Comrade  who  had 
been  on  nearly  all  day  except  at  meal  time.  He  took  one  of  the 
shelter  tents  and  used  that  for  a  saddle.  But  I  want  to  say  here 
to-day  that  after  I  came  home  from  the  army  I  settled  myself 
down  in  life.  I  was  what  we  called  a  private  in  the  front  rank 
when  I  was  in  the  army,  but  after  I  came  home  I  reformed,  and 
for  23  years  I  have  been  in  the  ministry,  and  I  have  come  out  of 
the  front  rank  and  I  am  an  officer  of  our  great  Ruler  who  rules 
over  us,  and  I  say  that  I  am  glad  to-day  for  the  reformation. 
And  I  have  talked  with  a  great  many  of  my  Comrades  here  and 
feel  proud  that  I  can  stand  by  their  side  fighting  the  great  warfare 
of  sin.  And,  Comrades,  there  is  another  thought  that  comes 
to  my  mind.  I  think  of  my  dead  Comrades.  There  is  hardly  a 
day  passes  by  but  that  I  think  of  DuBois.  He  was  in  the  front, 
rank  while  I  was  in  the  rear  rank.  As  we  marched  along  he  used 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  157 

to  say  to  the  rest  of  us  that  the  first  battle  that  we  got  into  he 
was  going  to  be  nipped,  and  sure  enough  he  was  the  first  man 
stricken  down  in  our  Regiment. 

"When  we  laid  down  upon  the  top  of  the  hill  and  scratched 
up  a  little  breastwork,  when  that  shell  came  along  and  struck  Du- 
Bois.  There  were  many  good  boys  that  were  struck  at  the  same 
time  and  place.  What  I  want  to  say  here  now  is  that  some  of 
us  are  getting  old.  Every  one  of  us  is  advancing  in  years.  Some 
of  us,  perhaps,  are  looking  forward  to  meet  in  Philadelphia,  but 
some  of  us  who  are  here  to-day  will  not  live  to  meet  in  Phila 
delphia.  Some  of  us  may  drop  out  of  this  Association.  I  think 
about  that  and  I  trust,  Comrades,  that  our  aim  will  be  Godly  and 
heavenly ;  that  we  may  meet  there.  I  want  to  meet  my  Comrades 
on  the  fields  of  glory.  I  want  to  meet  those  whose  blood  stained 
the  Southern  soil.  I  want  to  meet  them  in  glory  and  I  hope 
God's  blessing  may  accompany  every  Comrade  of  the  iS/th  Regi 
ment." 

Comrade  Lovett  being  called,  then  said :  "Mr.  Chairman  and 
Comrades,  I  was  one  who  fell  early  in  the  day  and  was  compelled 
to  leave  shortly  on  account  of  the  sharpshooter's  bullet  taking  me 
in  the  arm.  I  am  really  glad  to  meet  you  here  to-day,  and  prob 
ably  under  other  circumstances  I  would  not  have  been  here.  It 
is  hard  to  say  where  our  Regiment  came  from  originally.  We 
did  not  come  from  any  distinctive  locality.  The  Company  to 
which  I  was  attached  came  from  various  places ;  some  from 
Tioga,  Bradford,  Philadelphia  and  some  other  places ;  and  a  few, 
while  I  was  Lieutenant  of  Company  C,  came  from  Danville. 
But  our  Regiment  was  a  sturdy  Regiment  and  full  of  life  and 
fire  and  when  we  took  the  field  finally  we  acted  the  part  of  soldiers 
and  did  our  duty  well." 

Comrade  Waldron,  of  Company  C :  "Comrades,  I  am  very 
much  pleased  to  meet  my  old  Comrades  to-day.  Some  of  you  I 
have  not  met  since  that  terrible  day,  June  18,  1864,  the  day  that  I 
lost  my  good  right  arm ;  but  I  hope,  Comrades,  that  we  may  meet 
in  Philadelphia  in  September  next,  and  that  we  may  see  many 
faces  that  are  not  here  to-day.  Comrades,  you  have  been  talk 
ing  about  a  Ladies'  Auxiliary.  Start  one  by  all  means,  as  we 


158  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

cannot  do  much  good  without  their  aid.  I  think  a  great  deal  of 
the  ladies  and  I  will  tell  you  why,  Comrades.  Many  of  you  re 
member  my  being  wounded  on  the  i8th  of  June.  I  was  taken 
to  the  hospital  where  my  arm  was  taken  off.  I  was  then  taken 
to  the  hospital  at  City  Point,  where  I  was  left  for  two  days  with 
out  any  care.  I  was  dirty ;  my  clothes  were  covered  with  mud  and 
blood,  just  as  I  was  when  carried  from  the  field.  Gangrene  had 
shown  itself  in  my  arm  and  I  was  just  about  ready  to  die,  when 
a  young  lady  came  into  the  tent  and  when  she  saw  the  condi 
tion  that  I  was  in,  tears  came  into  her  eyes  and  she  asked  me 
to  what  Regiment  I  belonged  to.  I  said  the  iS/th.  She  said, 
'Is  not  this  a  Philadelphia  Regiment?'  I  said,  'partly  so/  Then 
she  said,  'Well  no  Pennsylvania  boy  shall  suffer  as  you  are  suf 
fering  if  I  can  prevent  it.'  She  started  off  for  the  surgeon  and 
the  nurse.  I  was  bathed,  clean  clothing  put  on,  my  wound  was 
dressed,  my  bed  was  changed,  and  from  that  time  I  began  to 
get  well  and  since  that  time  I  have  a  warm  place  in  my  heart 
for  the  ladies." 

Comrade  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz,  of  Company  B,  was  then  in 
troduced  and  spoke  as  follows  : 

"My  Comrades,  it  is  late  and  my  speech  will  be  short  and 
sweet.  Apart  from  my  own  Company  I  know  but  few ;  neverthe 
less  by  virtue  of  our  identification  with  the  i87th  Regiment, 
I  know  every  one  of  you  whether  I  can  call  you  by  name  or  not. 
You  have  made  me  your  Historian.  Why,  I  cannot  say.  All 
that  I  have  done  along  that  line  was  the  publication  of  an  eight- 
column  sketch  of  the  Regiment  in  the  York  Daily,  which  was 
simply  my  own  observations  upon  its  inception,  service  and  immo 
lation,  for  the  defense  of  the  flag.  Reminiscences  of  the  camp, 
the  march,  the  picket,  and  the  battle  are  pleasant  34  years  after 
the  conflict  in  which  we  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder  battling  for 
our  country.  I  am  sure  that  we  have  to-day  something  better 
and  greater  challenging  our  attention  and  thought.  That  Com 
rade  to  my  right  hit  the  nail  square  on  the  head  when  he  said 
we  made  history.  Yes,  this  gallant  old  i87th  Regiment,  as  an 
integral  part  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  made  history.  Now, 
it  does  not  take  three  or  five  or  ten  years  to  do  this.  The  actual 


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fighting  service  of  the  Regiment  only  spanned  from  Petersburg 
to  the  Weldon  Railroad,  but  it  came  into  service  in  an  hour  when 
the  result  was  trembling  in  the  balance ;  at  a  time  when  hours  and 
days  and  months  made  history  with  wonderful  rapidity  in  their 
sweep  down  the  last  thirty-four  years.  As  it  stood,  superbly 
stood,  receiving  its  baptism  of  blood  before  Petersburg,  June  18, 
1864,  losing  200  of  its  intrepid  sons,  more  than  all  the  other  Regi 
ments  of  the  Brigade  combined,  and  more  than  any  Regiment  in 
the  Fifth  Corps,  I  do  not  know  but  this  single  heroic  act  may 
have  been  the  boys'  push  that  moved  the  forces  of  Union  along 
the  line  of  the  Weldon  Railroad,  to  Five  Forks  and  the  salvation 
of  the  Union  at  Appomatox,  the  iS/th  Regiment  contended  for 
a  great  and  far-reaching  principle.  What  is  a  principle?  A 
truth  received,  believed  and  fixed  in  the  mind  from  which  there 
flows  out  a  corresponding  course  of  action.  When  this  Regi 
ment  marched  to  the  defense  of  the  imperiled  interest  of  its 
country,  it  received  and  wrote  upon  its  colors,  a  great  truth, 
namely,  the  principle  of  national  sovereignty,  i.  e.,  This  is  a  na 
tion,  not  a  compact,  a  rope  of  sand,  that  may  be  snapped  asunder 
by  the  mere  whim  of  any  one ;  nor  set  of  States,  but  a  nation  pos 
sessing  the  power  to  defend,  preserve  and  perpetuate  its  life. 
And  its  organization,  and  camping,  and  marching,  and  picketing, 
and  fighting,  was  the  course  of  action  which  flowed  out  of  its  re 
ception  of  the  truth  of  national  sovereignty,  and  that  made  it  give 
the  health,  and  limb,  and  life,  of  its  gallant  boys  in  defense  of  the 
best  Magna  Charta  the  world  ever  saw,  and  characterized  by  De 
Aubigne,  as  the  standing  miracle  of  history,  and  which  Buckley 
says  should  be  hung  up  in  the  nursery  of  every  king,  and  blazoned 
on  the  porch  of  every  royal  palace.  This  sheet  anchor  of  our 
liberties  has  gone  beyond  the  environments  of  our  civil  strife ; 
yes,  the  actors  in  the  conflict  of  the  sixties  must  pass  away,  but 
this  will  go  out  and  onward  until  civil,  political,  and  religious 
liberty  shall  girdle  the  nations  as  the  undisputed  right  of  all 
peoples.  And  here  this  grand  old  Pennsylvania  Regiment  made 
history,  that  has,  and  will  continue  to  have  a  tremendous  sweep 
down  the  ages  for  the  good  of  mankind,  while  the  luster  of  an 


160  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

imperishable  glory  shall  abide  with  the  i87th,  its  posterity,  and 
Pennsylvania  forever. 

"Led  by  the  dauntless  Chamberlain,  the  gallant  Griffin,  the 
superb  Warren,  and  the  cultured  Meade,  to  the  defense  of  the 
national  sovereignty,  we  need  not  blush  to  say  that  we  belonged 
to  the  1 87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers.  Contending 
for  this  great  basic  principle  of  the  Government,  it  makes  a  vast 
difference  as  to  whether  we  fought  for  or  against  'Old  Glory.' 
We  dare  not  speculate  as  to  who  was  right  in  the  conflict.  The 
North  defended  a  de  facto  Government  and  it  was  eternally  right. 
The  South  fought  for  a  de  jure  Government,  which  they  could 
not  make  a  fact,  and  this  was  a  rebellion,  and  those  who  engaged 
therein  were  Rebels,  and  hence  they  were  eternally  wrong,  and 
being  wrong,  the  sun  of  the  heresy  of  State  sovereignty  set  in 
blood  at  Appomatox  forever.  I  would  like  to  say  much  more, 
but  that  clock  bids  me  cease.  My  Comrades,  farewell,  and  may 
God  be  with  you  till  we  meet  again.  Tell  the  story  of  your  cares, 
toils,  and  hardships,  sacrifices  for  the  land  and  flag  you  loved  and 
served,  but  above  all  cherish  this  thought,  namely,  that  the  i87th 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  made  history  on  whose 
pages  will  be  read  the  principles  for  which  we  fought  by  millions 
yet  unborn ;  truths  that  shall  live  and  bless  the  world  when  we 
are  sleeping  in  patriots'  graves." 

Remarks  were  made  by  several  other  Comrades,  but  the 
stenographer  having  been  called  away,  we  were  not  able  to  give 
them.  The  meeting  was  then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Philadelphia 
during  the  session  of  the  National  Encampment,  in  September 
next. 

At  7  o'clock  p.  m.,  the  Comrades  assembled  in  the  Supreme 
Court  Room  and  marched  in  a  body,  in  command  of  James  M. 
Gibbs,  to  the  Executive  Mansion,  and  paid  their  respects  to  the 
new  Governor,  Comrade  William  A.  Stone,  of  Company  A,  i87th 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

The  following  Comrades  were  present  at  the  inauguration 
of  Comrade  William  A.  Stone,  as  Governor  of  Pennsylvania : 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Joseph  A.  Ege,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hospital  Steward  George  W.  Kennedy,  Pottsville,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  l6l 

COMPANY  A. 

Henry  Hippie,  Middletown,  Pa. 
Hugh  McGrogan,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
George  B.  Cunningham,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Hon.  H.  M.  Foot,  Washington,  D.  C. 

COMPANY  B. 

Wilmot  Ayres,  M.  D.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

John  J.  Hess,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Henry  Gable,  York,  Pa. 

Lieutenant  Samuel  C.  Ilgenfritz,  York,  Pa. 

Warrington  Keesey,  Etters,  York  county,  Pa. 

George  K.  Grove,  New  Cumberland,  Pa. 

W.  H.  Nauss,  New  Cumberland,  Pa. 

COMPANY  C. 

Captain  William  Young,  Washington,  Pa. 
Nelson  B.  Case,  Havredegrace,  Md. 
James  M.  Gibbs,  Steelton,  Pa. 
Arthur  F.  Alward,  Bellwood,  Pa. 
Thomas  P.  Morgan,  Tyrone,  Pa. 
Charles  P.  Harder,  Danville,  Pa. 
John  E.  Roberts,  Danville,  Pa. 
John  Sechler,  Danville,  Pa. 
Joseph  L.  Frame,  Danville,  Pa. 
George  W.  Vangilder,  Treverton,  Pa. 
John  H.  Wallace,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
John  Waldron,  Muncy,  Pa. 
James  B.  Forrest,  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

COMPANY  D. 

Robert  McKeehan,  Mount  Rock,  Pa. 
Henry  C.  Shearer,  New  Bloomfield,  Pa. 
Michael  Shanefelzer,  Landisburg,  Pa. 
Samuel  Bricker,  Washington,  D.  C. 


l62  HISTORY  OF  l87TH  REGIMENT 

William  R.  Householder,  Washington,  D.  C. 
F.  K.  Ployer,  Mechanicsburg,  Pa. 
William  D.  Ritner,  Washington,  D.  C. 
William  Green,  Big  Springs,  Pa. 
Wilson  S.  Smith,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
F.  M.  Stoake,  Hoguestown,  Pa. 
William  O.  Trego,  Milton,  Pa. 
A.  G.  Kyle,  Newville,  Pa. 
Jonathan  E.  Feeree,  Newville,  Pa. 
William  H.  W.  Umholtz,  Landisburg,  Pa. 
William  Morrison,  Landisburg,  Pa. 
John  M.  Faughender,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

COMPANY  E. 

Lieutenant  Edward  Steel,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Phil.  S.  Mager,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
L.  C.  Krisher,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Edward  Farmer,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

COMPANY  F. 

John  W.  Everhart,  Steelton,  Pa. 
Eugene  Lenhart,  Berwick,  Pa. 
William  C.  Purcell,  Williamsport,  Pa. 

COMPANY  H. 

Thomas  B.  McCord,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Samuel  F.  Ireley,  Middletown,  Pa. 
Benjamin  Hippie,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
John  O.  Collier,  Loysville,  Pa. 

COMPANY  I. 

Jerome  B.  Starry,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Lieutenant  W.  E.  Zinn,  Lemoyne,  Pa. 
D.  H.  McLaughlin,  Newville,  Pa. 
Jacob  Kohler,  Bowmansdale,  Pa. 


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COMPANY  K. 

Captain  George  G.  Lovett,  Danville,  Pa. 
B.  F.  Myers,  Mountain  Dale,  Pa. 
Adam  Garman,  Mountain  Dale,  Pa. 
Z.  T.  Baltzer,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
John  W.  Minnich,  Dillsville,  Pa. 
Cornelius  Rhoades,  Dillsville,  Pa. 


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CHAPTER  XVII. 


SECOND  ANNUAL  MEETING   OF   THE   SURVIVORS'    ASSOCIATION, 

i87TH  REGIMENT,  P.  V.,  HELD  AT  GETTYSBURG,  PA., 

JUNE  5,  1900. 

Hon.  William  A.  Stone,  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  and  President 
of  the  Survivors'  Association,  iSfth  Regiment,  P.  V.  I. 

MR.  CHAIRMAN  and  Comrades :  I  know  that  you  do  not 
want  me  to  make  a  speech.  I  am  deeply  interested  in  all 
that  has  taken  place  this  afternoon ;  interested  in  learn 
ing  the  whereabouts  of  the  members  of  our  old  Regiment,  and 
what  surprises  me  more  than  anything  else  is  the  fact  that  thirty- 
five  years  after  the  close  of  the  war  there  are  400  men  still  living 
who  are  members  of  the  iS/th  Regiment.  It  only  establishes 
what  Department  Commander  Morrison  said  to  me,  that,  after 
all  that  may  be  said  about  the  soldiers  of  the  war,  they  were  the 
hardiest,  strongest  and  toughest  men  in  the  country,  else  they 
would  not  have  survived  as  they  do.  Of  course,  they  were 
young  men,  our  Regiment  particularly  so,  because  they  were 
organized  late  in  the  war.  My  recollection  is  that  in  my  Com 
pany  there  were  a  great  many  men  who  were  not  twenty  years 
of  age.  I  think  the  majority  of  them  were  hardly  twenty  years 
of  age.  I  was  not  eighteen,  and  I  was  not  the  youngest  by  a 
good  deal.  The  war  had  been  going  on,  you  know,  for  three 
or  four  years,  when  this  Regiment  was  raised.  They  took  what 
was  left  and  in  my  Company  there  were  no  old  men ;  not  many  at 
least.  I  remember  one  old  man  in  my  Company,  George  B.  Mc- 
Gonigle,  his  name  was,  and  how  I  can  remember  that  name  is  a 
mystery  to  me,  for  it  is  a  very  awkward  name,  but  because  of 
the  fact  that  he  was  an  old  crank.  He  was  always  fussing  with 
medicines  and  things,  always  thought  he  had  Bright's  disease, 
trouble  in  his  back,  and  he  was  his  own  doctor.  He  was  warm 
ing  up  different  chemical  ingredients,  and  used  to  use  the  Com- 


166  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

pany  fire.  Some  of  the  boys  got  provoked  with  it  and  got  a  can 
teen  half  full  of  powder,  and  laid  a  train,  and  when  the  old  man 
got  down  on  his  knees,  he  was  making  this  or  that,  suddenly  it 
went  off,  and  he  went  over.  (Laughter)  I  saw  that;  in  fact  I 
was  expecting  it,  and  I  presume  that  is  why  I  can  remember  his 
name. 

"I  don't  know  what  has  become  of  him.  (A  Comrade:  He 
is  dead.)  What  has  become  of  Curley?  (A  Comrade:  He  is 
dead.)  Well,  if  I  was  compelled  to  write  a  history  of  the  i87th 
Regiment,  I  could  not  make  much  of  a  history.  My  early  ac 
quaintance  with  it  began  when  it  was  the  First  Battalion  during 
1863.  Some  of  you  went  on  duty  in  that ;  Ramsey  was  the  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel.  It  was  an  organization  enlisted  for  six  months  to 
turn  the  Rebels  out  of  Pennsylvania.  It  was  the  Regiment  that 
prevented  the  overrunning  of  Pennsylvania.  I  came  down  with 
three  or  four  other  boys  to  join  that  Battalion,  and  did  join  it,  as 
we  understood,  until  we  were  started  on  the  road  home.  Some 
misunderstanding  between  the  War  Department  and  ourselves  re 
sulted  in  our  being  sent  home,  and  then  when  its  term  of  service 
expired  it  re-enlisted  and  became  the  iS/th  Regiment.  I  joined 
again.  As  you  will  observe,  there  are  quite  a  number  of  names 
from  Wellsboro,  Tioga  county,  where  I  lived  at  that  time,  and  we 
were  Company  A,  commanded  by  Captain  George  W.  Merrick, 
and  as  you  all  remember,  the  Regiment  was  organized  in  Camp 
Curtin.  I  don't  remember  just  when  we  gathered  there  in  Camp 
Curtin.  It  must  have  been  early  in  April,  if  my  recollection 
serves  me  right.  Which  was  old  Top'  Thomas'  Company? 
(A  Comrade:  Company  E,  of  Philadelphia.)  There  was  a 
Company  from  Scranton.  (A  Comrade:  That  was  Company 
G.)  I  remember  them  very  well,  and  we  had  a  pen  there  that 
was  called  the  'bull  pen.'  I  remember  that  at  Camp  Curtin.  We 
had  a  very  good  Company  when  we  started  in,  but  there  were 
other  Companies  that  were  overflowing  and  they  sent  some  men 
into  our  organization.  I  remember  'Bill  Chestnut'  from  Com 
pany  D.  I  remember  that  there  was  a  long  high  board  fence 
and  'Bill  Chestnut'  was  inside  of  the  fence,  and  I  was  on  the 
outside,  and  there  was  a  lady  on  the  outside  that  was  selling  pies, 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  l/ 

custard  pies,  almost  as  large  as  the  crown  of  my  hat,  at  twenty- 
five  cents  each.  There  was  a  little  place  with  a  guard  stretched 
across,  and  there  was  'Bill  Chestnut'  on  the  other  side,  and  he 
was  looking  with  great  earnestness  on  those  pies ;  and  he  said  to 
me,  'How  many  has  she  got?'  I  didn't  know,  and  he  said,  Tile 
them  up  and  count  them.'  There  were  six  of  them,  and  I  saw 
'Bill  Chestnut'  reach  under  the  guard  and  take  those  six  pies,  and 
then  the  woman  turned  round  and  accused  me  of  being  an  ac 
complice,  which  was  not  true.  I  had  no  intention  of  doing  such 
a  thing,  but  in  fact  it  looked  like  it,  and  I  was  brought  up  before 
the  Captain  of  the  Company,  together  with  William  Chestnut. 
She  said  that  I  piled  up  the  pies  on  the  outside  and  'Bill  Chestnut' 
took  them  as  I  passed  them  over,  and  the  Captain  ordered  us  to 
pay  for  the  pies.  (Laughter.)  We  only  had  twenty-five  cents 
jointly,  but  we  managed  to  borrow  some  money  and  got  through 
with  it. 

"For  the  time  that  this  Regiment  was  in  the  service,  it  lost, 
proportionately,  as  many  killed  in  action  as  any  other  Regiment 
in  the  service.  Of  course,  it  is  not  like  the  Minnesota  Regiment, 
where  a  larger  percentage  was  killed  than  any  Regiment,  but  the 
Regiment  lost  heavily  and  maintained  its  credit  as  a  Regiment. 
They  stood  up  under  fire  and  performed  their  duty,  and  suffered 
their  quota  of  men  who  were  killed,  wounded  and  captured.  I 
have  often  since  the  war  heard  other  soldiers  boast  of  their  fight 
ing,  and  I  have  quietly  gone  over  the  record  of  this  Regiment, 
and  I  have  never  found  anything  in  its  history  to  make  me  regret 
that  I  joined  this  Regiment.  Of  course,  I  wasn't  permitted  to 
say  anything  about  my  military  experiences  at  home,  because  I 
had  two  older  brothers  in  the  'Bucktail  Regiment,'  and  they  would 
never  admit  that  I  was  in  the  army  at  all.  They  knew  it  all  from 
the  beginning.  One  was  in  a  Rebel  prison.  The  other  was 
wounded  in  two  or  three  battles,  and  they  would  never  admit 
there  was  any  other  Regiment  in  the  service  except  the  'Buck- 
tails,'  and  when  I  got  home  and  felt  like  boasting  of  my  ex 
periences  they  always  shut  me  up  promptly ;  but  as  a  matter  of 
fact  there  is  nothing  in  the  history  of  this  Regiment  that  needs 
give  any  one  regret.  It  was  a  good  Regiment,  performed  its 


1 68  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

duty  on  all  occasions,  and  stood  under  fire  with  the  same  courage 
that  all  of  the  Regiments  of  the  Union  army  exhibited.  Went 
down  to  the  front,  you  know,  some  time  in  May.  We  went  to 
Washington.  I  remember  getting  out  at  Arlington  and  staying 
there  in  little  bits  of  tents  that  were  never  intended  for  men  of  my 
height.  They  were,  I  think,  called  dog  tents.  They  were  well 
named,  about  large  enough  for  an  ordinary  dog.  I  wasn't  with 
the  Regiment  at  Fort  Hell  at  all,  and  was  glad  of  it  at  the  time. 
Had  I  been  with  the  Regiment  and  gone  through  that  terrible 
ordeal,  I  would  have  been  glad  of  it,  but  taking  it  all  in  all,  I  am 
not  sorry  I  was  not  along.  (Laughter.)  I  was  sick  at  the  time, 
but  I  was  with  the  Regiment  shortly  afterwards.  I  remember 
it  very  well.  We  were  a  party  of  some  or  ten  members  of  the 
Regiment,  being  sent  from  Camp  Distribution,  near  Washing 
ton.  There  was  a  big,  muddy  well  that  supplied  the  water  at 
the  camp.  I  remember  the  discovery  was  made  there  one  morn 
ing  that  I  shall  not  forget.  Some  man  had  fallen  in  about  two 
weeks  before;  none  of  us  knew  it.  Camp  Distribution  was  a 
place  we  were  all  glad  to  get  away  from.  We  went  down  to 
Alexandria  and  there  joined  a  party  and  went  on  to  Acquia 
creek  and  marched  up  to  the  front.  There  was  a  man  with  us, 
who  applied  for  a  pension  afterwards,  he  said  that  the  Regiment 
was  down  in  such  a  direction ;  he  insisted  on  it,  and  we  went  on 
down  there,  and  by  and  by  a  shell  came  over  and  lit  pretty  near 
me  and  went  off,  and  he  was  then  convinced  that  the  Regiment 
was  not  in  that  direction,  and  we  started  in  some  other  direction. 
We  found  it  after  a  while,  and  went  on  and  through  the  ordinary 
routine  camp  life.  I  remember  the  Colonel  very  well;  Ramsey 
was  with  us  then.  He  had  a  black  horse.  I  always  thought  that 
was  a  pretty  good  horse.  I  never  thought  so  much  about  the 
Colonel,  but  I  guess  he  was  a  good  Colonel.  I  remember  when 
we  were  ordered  to  move  that  camp  towards  the  Weldon  Rail 
road.  We  went  on  at  a  pretty  lively  pace  and  found  the  Weldon 
Railroad  at  a  place  called  the  Yellow  House.  And  we  began  to 
throw  up  earthworks,  and  I  can  see  General  Warren  yet  pointing 
how  these  fortifications  were  to  be  constructed,  and  that  night  a 
picket  was  formed.  I  went  down  with  a  few  more  to  take  my 


i  DAVID  H.  RANK.  2  ARTHUR  F.  ALWARD.  3  JOHN  WALDRON. 

4  JOHN  E.  ROBERTS.    4  JOHN  SECHLER. 

COMPANY   C. 


i   ALBERT  WERKHEISER.  2  WILLIAM   NASH. 

3  PETER  M.  REED.      4  JOHN  SECHLER.        5  WILIAM  BRYANT. 

COMPANY   C. 


i  WATKIN  MORGAN.   2  JOHN  J.  RODERICK.   3  JAMES  D.  WARE. 
4  WILLIAM  STEWART.    5  THOMAS  P.  MORGAN. 

COMPANY   C. 


1  JOHN  C.  DEVINE.  3  NELSON  B.  CASE. 

2  CHARLES  S.  BEAVER.  4  JOHN  O'BRIAN. 

5  JACOB   SLACK. 

COMPANY   C. 


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first  station  on  picket,  and  it  rained,  and  just  about  the  time  I 
started  we  were  all  ordered  out  under  arms,  and  the  word  was 
that  if  we  were  found  sleeping  on  our  posts  we  would  be  shot. 
Our  picket  squad  was  formed  and  we  went  down.  I  don't 
know  whether  any  one  here  was  on  that  picket  or  not.  Probably 
it  is  just  as  well  for  my  story  that  there  is  no  one  here  that  was 
on  that  detail.  I  was  then  a  Corporal  or  a  Sergeant,  I  do  not 
know  which.  Anyhow  I  was  put  in  charge  of  three  or  four  posts, 
told  to  visit  them  every  hour  and  if  anybody  was  sleeping,  to 
report  them  for  court-martial.  It  began  to  rain  harder.  I  never 
had  such  a  contract  in  my  life  before  to  keep  awake,  and  it  was  a 
very  bad  night,  and  I  had  been  told  about  men  who  had  been 
found  at  picket  posts  with  their  throats  cut,  and  there  was  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Wilcox,  one  called  Jackson,  one  Saxbury,  and 
so  on. 

In  front  of  the  post  was  a  vidette  post.  I  undertook  in  good 
faith  to  visit  one  post  and  in  coming  back  lost  my  way  and  got 
down  in  front,  and  I  didn't  know  where  I  was,  but  I  knew  the 
vidette  wasn't  very  far  from  me,  and  his  name  was  Nelson  Stark 
weather,  and  I  began  to  call  his  name  in  a  loud  whisper,  and  he 
was  about  three  feet  from  me.  I  didn't  visit  any  more  posts 
that  night,  but  these  men  all  went  to  sleep.  I  told  them  they 
would  all  be  shot,  and  they  told  me,  "to  hell  with  it."  I  stood 
over  them  with  my  back  against  a  tree  and  listened  to  their 
snoring,  and  I  thought  the  Rebels  would  hear  them  snoring  and 
creep  up  and  cut  their  throats,  and  sometimes  I  wished  they 
would.  (Laughter.) 

By  and  by  I  thought  that  I  could  see  through  the  bushes 
what  appeared  to  be  a  pair  of  eyes  coming  closer  and  closer  and 
watching  me  with  fearful  certainty.  I  made  up  my  mind  that 
was  a  Rebel.  I  looked  for  other  eyes.  I  kicked  Wilson  with  my 
foot.  He  growled  and  snored  worse  than  ever.  I  stood  that 
thing  for  over  an  hour.  There  were  no  Rebels  there,  and  there 
was  nobody  hurt  except  myself,  and  I  was  scared  nearly  to 
death.  We  stayed  there  all  night.  The  Rebels  made  a  demon 
stration  in  front  of  our  line.  We  had  a  line  running  out  at  an 
angle  from  our  main  line.  The  Rebels  undertook  to  get  in  behind 

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174  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

and  capture  us,  and  while  they  were  doing  that  we  opened  fire  on 
them  from  the  angle  line  and  from  the  main  line  combined,  and 
there  were  very  few  left  of  them  when  we  got  through.  That 
was  a  very  serious  engagement  while  it  lasted.  I  had  been  out 
with  my  ten  truants  that  morning  to  get  a  load  of  shingles.  We 
found  an  old  house  with  these  shingles  on  it  and  we  got  two  poles 
and  made  a  sort  of  a  stretcher  and  laid  the  shingles  across  it, 
and  started  for  camp  with  a  pretty  good  load,  but  when  we  were 
about  half  way  the  Rebels  began  to  fire,  and  we  hadn't  any 
shingles  when  we  got  into  camp.  You  remember  after  this  firing 
took  place  our  Regiment  moved  off  to  the  right,  and  we  went  at 
a  double  quick  for  some  distance,  and  while  we  were  running  a 
shell  came  along  and  went  into  Company  D  and  killed  three  or 
four  men.  That  shell  came  close  to  me  you  know,  because  I  was 
the  first  man  in  the  first  file  of  my  Company.  I  was  the  tallest 
man  in  the  Company  and  never  allowed  any  one  to  take  my 
place  either.  That  shell  came  along  within  a  few  feet  of  me,  and 
the  noise  or  wind,  or  whatever  it  was,  knocked  our  whole  file 
down,  but  the  shell  entered  Company  D  behind  us  and  killed 
three  or  four  men.  The  Regiment  went  over  an  old  brush  fence 
or  slashing,  and  moved  down  through  the  underbrush  and  finally 
struck  the  earthwork  that  had  been  thrown  up  by  the  reserves, 
and  we  took  our  place  behind  them,  and  it  rained  all  that  night, 
and  two  or  three  of  our  Company  were  wounded  that  night  shovel 
ling  dirt.  I  remember  that  was  where  we  called  for  volunteers 
to  go  out  and  shovel  dirt.  I  volunteered,  but  I  saw  a  big  tree  out 
in  front  of  me  and  by  getting  this  side  of  the  treexl  was  compara 
tively  safe,  and  I  volunteered.  A  number  of  them  volunteered 
who  didn't  have  a  tree,  but  I  could  not  see  any  harm  in  getting 
behind  the  tree,  especially  when  they  were  shooting  in  front. 
(Laughter.)  We  lay  there  all  night  and  in  the  morning  we  moved 
back  into  camp  and  stayed  there  until  we  went  back  to  Philadel 
phia.  I  always  thought  it  was  a  mistake  in  the  Government 
sending  us  back  to  Philadelphia.  There  was  sentiment,  of  course 
on  the  part  of  some  of  our  friends  at  home  to  want  us  to  come 
back  to  the  State,  but  I  don't  recall  any  such  manifestation  in  the 
Regiment.  I  was  surprised  some  years  after  the  war  was  over,  to 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  175 

find  that  there  had  been  quite  a  correspondence  going  on  at  Wash 
ington  in  relation  to  our  going  back.  But  we  went  back  in  1864 
to  Camp  Cadwallader.  Here  was  a  camp  officered  with  officers 
who  fairly  glistened  with  gilt  foil  and  epaulettes,  even  gold  horse 
equipments,  saddles  and  everything  complete,  and  men  who  al 
ways  thought  they  put  down  the  rebellion,  although  they  never 
got  further  front  than  Philadelphia.  They  came  from  all  parts 
of  the  country.  Captain  Cohen,  I  think,  had  charge  of  the  camp. 
Our  Regiment  was  ordered  out  on  dress  parade  the  next  day  after 
we  got  home.  Of  course  we  came  back  when  we  were  ordered 
to  go  back,  and  of  course  we  brought  our  fighting  clothes  with 
us.  We  had  no  extra  clothing.  We  had  no  extra  coats ;  no  ex 
tra  anything.  We  just  simply  had  a  pair  of  shoes,  pants,  flannel 
shirt  and  blouse,  hat  or  cap.  I  did  own  for  a  portion  of  the 
time  a  pair  of  stockings,  but  I  did  not  have  them  when  we 
came  back  to  Philadelphia.  They  ordered  us  out  on  dress  pa 
rade.  Well,  we  did  not  have  any  trouble  with  dress  parade  at 
the  front,  yet  neither  our  appearance  nor  our  evolutions  satisfied 
these  gorgeous  military  officials  who  had  charge  of  Camp  Cad 
wallader.  If  the  Rebels  had  ever  came  to  Philadelphia  they  would 
have  had  to  capture  Camp  Cadwallader.  There  was  an  old  Regi 
ment  called  the  Second  Battalion,  belonging  to  some  Reserve 
Corps.  I  don't  think  there  was  any  man  among  them  who  had 
more  than  one  leg,  (laughter)  and  there  was  our  Regiment,  and 
we  came  out  on  dress  parade  quite  as  usual.  Here  were  all  these 
gorgeous  officials.  We  could  not  tell  our  officers  by  the  shoulder 
straps.  Sometimes  they  didn't  wear  any ;  but  you  could  not  make 
any  mistake  about  the  camp  officials.  They  had  braid  on  their 
trousers  and  their  coat  sleeves  were  covered  with  gold  foil  and 
you  were  fairly  dazzled.  I  don't  think  any  Rebel  Regiment  could 
have  stood  all  those  officials  for  one  moment.  That  gorgeous 
staff ;  I  simply  looked  at  them.  They  told  us  to  get  into  position 
and  our  officers  performed  their  duties  as  they  understood  them, 
and  when  the  parade  was  all  through  they  brought  some  little 
fellow  up  and  he  read  an  order  which  was  a  reflection  upon  our 
appearance.  Now,  if  there  is  anything  that  makes  a  man  mad  it 
is  a  reflection  on  his  personal  appearance,  and  we  all  got  mad 


176  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

about  it,  and  our  officers  all  got  mad  about  it,  and  they  moved 
in  a  body  up  to  this  official  and  told  him  pretty  plainly  what  they 
thought  about  it.  I  think  there  was  some  profanity  there,  and 
the  result  was  that  they  put  them  all  under  arrest  and  court-mar 
tialed  about  half  of  them.  The  orders  issued  by  these  stay-at- 
home  and  gorgeously  arrayed  home-guard  officers  was  an  insult 
to  our  Regiment.  It  held  us  up  to  ridicule  and  disgrace  for  what 
they  termed  our  unsoldierly  appearance.  Our  officers  resented 
this  order  and  in  a  body  went  to  headquarters  and  told  them 
pretty  plainly  what  they  thought  of  it.  They  were  court-mar 
tialed  and  tried  before  a  military  court  composed  of  wise  stay- 
at-home  officers  and  of  course  were  convicted,  and  officers  who 
had  fought  in  front  with  great  courage,  and  were  capable  and 
efficient,  were  dismissed  from  the  service  in  disgrace  for  insub 
ordination.  It  was  a  great  shame  and  could  only  have  been  per 
petrated  by  cowardly  curs  who  were  jealous  of  the  courage  which 
they  did  not  possess.  The  war  was  soon  over  after  this  and  we 
were  mustered  out  and  went  to  our  homes.  Thirty-five  years 
have  come  and  gone  since  then.  Many  of  our  Comrades  have 
died,  but  their  survivors  glory  in  their  memory,  and  during  the 
few  years  that  remain  to  us  let  us  meet  as  often  as  we  can  and  re 
vive  the  recollections  of  as  good  a  Regiment,  composed  of  as  brave 
men,  as  any  in  the  service.  Comrades,  I  thank  you  for  your  at 
tention." 


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CHAPTER  XVIII. 


EXTRACTS  FROM   SPEECHES  MADE  AT  THE  CAMP-FIRE  AT  THE 
THIRD  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION  AT  GETTYS 
BURG,  PA.,  JUNE  4,  1901. 

Comrade  Frederick  K.  Ployer,  of  Company  D. 

MR.  CHAIRMAN  AND  COMRADES :  Last  night  it  was 
the  pleasure  of  a  few  of  us  to  sit  for  several  hours  and 
recall  some  of  the  experiences  of  the  i87th  Regiment, 
and  as  we  talked  of  our  experiences  we  of  course  came 
to  that  first  eventful  day,  the  i8th  of  June,  1864,  and  in  relating 
my  personal  experiences  I  remarked  that  as  I  crossed  over  that 
ditch  in  that  Valley  of  death/  in  which  more  than  200  of  our  boys 
bit  the  dust,  I  remarked  to  the  Comrade  that  was  with  us  last 
night,  and  he  is  with  us  for  the  first  time,  that  as  I  crossed  over 
this  ditch,  I  saw  an  officer  waving  his  sword  coming  down  and 
calling  'Come  on,  boys,  get  out  of  this ;  you  will  all  be  killed.'  I 
related  this  experience  last  night.  One  of  those  who  was  present 
was  too  modest  to  tell  me  that  he  knew  or  remembered  the  inci 
dent.  I  refer  to  the  gallant  Major  George  W.  Merrick,  and  I  am 
sure  that  I  express  the  sentiment  and  feeling  of  every  Comrade 
and  friend  here  this  afternoon  when  I  say  that  we  shall  be  very 
glad  to  hear  from  him." 

Comrade  Merrick  was  then  introduced. 

"Comrades  and  Members  of  the  Regiment :  I  shall  not  pre 
sume  at  this  time  to  undertake  to  make  a  set  address,  but  only 
to  talk  familiarly  in  a  conversational  way.  I  want  to  talk  to  you 
as  it  were  face  to  face  and  heart  to  heart.  I  would  avoid  the 
error  of  the  young  man  who  had  delivered  an  interminable  speech, 
and  asked  his  instructor,  who  was  present,  if  he  thought  it  was 
'a  finished  production/  The  professor  replied,  'I  do  now,  but 
there  was  a  time  when  I  thought  it  never  would  be.'  At  this 
time  I  cannot  refrain  from  expressing  my  gratification  at  meeting 


178  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

this  remnant  of  the  iS/th  Regiment,  and  I  want  to  ask  the  privi 
lege  of  being  a  little  personal  in  my  remarks  and  say  something 
about  the  service,  and  the  army,  and  my  experience  that  may 
interest  you  old  soldiers  in  the  way  of  reminiscence.  I  regret 
that  the  Governor  is  not  here  with  us  at  this  meeting.  I  had  a 
boyhood  friend  with  whom  I  used  to  slide  down  the  same  cellar 
door,  taking  our  chances  together  against  the  unfriendly  nails. 
A  little  later  at  school,  we  took  the  same  chances  against  the  un 
friendly  gad  of  the  old-fashioned  schoolmaster;  a  little  later  in 
the  army,  serving  together,  we  took  our  chances  against  the 
enemy's  bullets  and  bayonets.  Coming  home  from  the  war,  we 
studied  law  together,  taking  our  chances  against  the  adversary. 
But  in  all  these  vicissitudes,  comforts  and  dangers,  my  friend 
magnanimously  bore  the  major  part;  for  the  Governor,  as  you 
may  know,  always  exposed  more  territory  to  the  enemy  than 
I  could. 

"When  old  soldiers  come  together  you  need  not  wonder  that 
they  intensely  love  each  other.  As  the  Comrade  said,  it  was 
12  o'clock  last  night  when  we  separated  and  retired.  We  had  no 
idea  of  the  passage  of  time  while  we  were  relating  past  incidents 
and  telling  our  common  experiences,  and  we  sat  together  for  more 
than  five  hours  and  renewed  our  comradeship.  We  had  offered 
our  lives  for  our  country.  'What  rare  old  bond  is  this?'  The 
greatest  gift  that  a  man  can  give  is  his  life ;  no  man  can  give  more 
than  that.  You  have  all  been  willing  to  die  for  your  country  and 
the  man  who  is  living  to-day  and  made  that  offer  is  entitled  to  as 
much  credit  as  the  man  who  lost  his  life  in  the  service.  That  is 
the  tie  of  comradeship !  'Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds !' 

"This  is  my  first  visit  to  Gettysburg,  and  my  first  meeting 
with  the  survivors  of  the  i87th  Regiment.  I  have  enjoyed  this 
day  and  it  seems  as  if  I  had  lived  many  days  in  one. 

"I  was  not  in  this  battle,  for  I  was  entering  upon  my  second 
enlistment  under  the  six  months'  call  in  the  First  Battalion  that 
was  then  organized  to  prevent  the  invasion  of  Lee,  and  I  never 
reached  this  field  until  the  present  day.  And  what  a  field !  If  a 
soldier  wants  to  revive  his  loyalty  to  his  country ;  if  any  one  whose 
duty  to  his  country  is  becoming  dormant,  and  he  desires  to  open 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  1/9 

up  the  stores  of  patriotism,  he  wants  to  come  to  Gettysburg.  I 
have  gone  over  this  field,  including  Little  Round  Top,  and  Semi 
nary  Ridge,  and  Gulp's  Hill,  anl  all  these  blood-stained  fields,  and 
what  feelings  of  sadness  and  joy,  of  sorrow  and  of  gladness,  steal 
over  one's  soul,  when  we  know  that  these  men  fought  and  died 
here  to  protect  and  preserve  not  only  themselves  and  their  coun 
try,  but  you  and  your  country;  not  only  the  present  generation 
but  for  futurity  as  well,  thereby  conclusively  demonstrating  the 
Fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man.  And  as  I 
thought  of  this  as  we  traveled  over  the  field  and  visited  the  many 
spots  where  died  brave  men,  the  tears  crept  into  my  eyes  in  recol 
lection  of  the  noble  gift  they  gave  to  their  country,  and  the  same 
thoughts  must  have  been  in  many  other  minds,  for  almost  every 
eye  was  dimmed  and  glistening  with  tears,  and  there  was  with 
me  Major  Veil,  and  I  saw  tears  in  his  eyes.  Major  Veil  was 
the  lad  who  when  General  Reynolds  met  his  death  out  here  in  the 
woods,  was  near  him  when  he  fell.  He  was  acting  as  his  orderly, 
but  seventeen  years  of  age,  and  when  the  General  fell  he  ran  and 
picked  him  up,  and  carried  him  off  the  field,  and  thus  saved  the 
body  of  his  commander.  The  Rebel  line  showered  shot  and  im 
precations  upon  him.  'Drop  him,  you  son  of  a  b ,  drop  him ;' 

but  Veil  was  not  taking  orders  from  that  side,  and  bore  the  body 
of  his  commander  back  over  the  ridge  under  a  storm  of  shot  to  a 
place  of  safety. 

"Gettysburg !  Historic  ground !  It  shall  serve  to  refresh  the 
spirit  of  patriotism  for  all  time.  Waterloo  was  one  great  day; 
here  were  three  great  days  of  equally  desperate  and  deadly  fight 
ing.  When  the  descendants  of  the  Cavaliers  met  the  descendants 
of  the  Roundheads,  then  came  the  tug  of  war.  Lee  had  a  more 
formidable  army  than  ever  before,  flushed  with  recent  victories, 
invading  the  North,  elate  with  hope.  Their  great  commander 
shared  those  hopes,  and  threw  down  the  gage  of  battle  with  con 
fidence,  but  made  the  awful  blunder  of  assuming  the  offensive 
against  the  Union  army  in  a  strong  defensive  position.  And  al 
though  he  hurled  that  splendid  army  time  and  again  with  im 
petuous  valor  against  the  Union  lines,  like  the  waves  of  the  sea 
beating  against  a  rock-bound  coast,  it  retired  broken  and  beaten, 


180  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

in  defeat.  It  was  the  high  water  mark  of  the  rebellion;  those 
dark  waters  from  this  point  began  to  recede.  It  was  the  begin 
ning  of  the  end  of  the  lost  cause.  The  hopes  of  the  Confederacy 
were  broken.  The  day  was  saved,  and  a  nation  was  saved. 

"Speaking  of  brave  men,  do  you  suppose  that  we  were  all 
very  fearless  and  anxious  for  a  fight  every  chance  we  could  get. 
O,  how  you  are  mistaken !  The  person  who  experiences  the  most 
physical  fear,  and  yet  ovrcomes  that  fear  and  don't  run  away,  he 
is  the  one  who  exercises  the  greatest  bravery.  The  man  who  has 
every  muscle  shaking  with  terror  and  has  every  impulse  and  de 
sire  to  run  away,  and  yet  does  not  do  it,  but  stands  and  faces  the 
danger  and  marches  up  to  the  cannon's  mouth,  that  man  is  the 
brave  man,  though  he  trembles  with  fear  all  the  time.  It  was  not 
so  bad,  although  it  was  bad  enough,  to  hear  the  noise  of  cannon 
shot  over  your  heads,  but  when  the  infantry  opened  fire,  I  wanted 
to  run  and  almost  every  man  wanted  to  run  to  get  out  of  danger. 
I  believe  I  exercised  more  bravery  in  standing  there  and  quaking 
with  fear,  knowing  of  the  danger,  than  if  I  had  been  calm  and  had 
not  been  cognizant  of  any  danger  whatever. 

"The  fact  of  standing  when  you  have  all  the  impulse  to  run, 
is  a  test  of  courage.  Now,  that  is  true  of  almost  all  the  men  who 
served  in  the  war.  Every  engagement  a  soldier  went  into  might 
mean  a  mortal  wound,  and  yet  when  I  found  that  I  was  in  such  a 
situation,  it  was  no  shock  to  me.  I  was  willing  to  sacrifice  my 
life  if  necessary.  I  expected  that  might  come  in  any  engage 
ment.  If  necessary,  I  was  willing  to  give  that  for  my  country. 
If  possible,  I  was  willing  to  give  more  than  that,  but  what  I  did 
regret  was  after  I  was  wounded  that  I  could  not  get  back  to  the 
Regiment.  My  greatest  regret  was  that  I  was  disabled  from 
coming  back  and  taking  charge  of  the  Regiment  and  help  it  make 
a  record  that  I  knew  it  could  make ;  for  there  never  was  an  or 
ganization  in  the  service  with  better  material  in  it,  more  splendid 
intelligence,  braver  men,  than  this  Regiment ;  and  I  know  what  I 
am  talking  about.  The  material  was  there  to  make  model  soldiers 
and  they  did  make  model  soldiers ;  they  were  men  who  enlisted 
from  purely  patriotic  motives — before  the  time  of  great  bounties 
or  the  offering  of  financial  considerations.  Now,  I  say  that  this 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  l8l 

Regiment  was  composed  of  just  as  good  material  and  would  have 
made  just  as  fine  a  record  as  if  they  had  served  in  the  active  ser 
vice  of  the  army.  You  did  make  an  admirable  record,  for  when 
I  woke  up  on  the  hospital  transport,  General  Chamberlain  occu 
pied  the  cot  next  to  me,  and  there  were  fifteen  of  the  officers  of 
your  Brigade  on  that  boat.  General  Chamberlain  said,  'Major,  I 
want  to  commend  the  Regiment  that  you  commanded ;  I  want  to 
commend  that  Regiment  that  became  veterans  in  a  day.  No 
Regiment  with  whatever  experience  could  have  performed  their 
duty  more  nobly  than  they  did.  You  were  simply  willing  to  take 
orders  and  hold  your  ground  under  tremendous  odds,  and  that 
was  the  best  proof  of  heroism.' 

"I  always  had  a  great  fear  of  the  hospital.  There  were  three 
thousand,  five  hundred  patients  there  and  every  morning  at  5 
o'clock  the  old  French  surgeon  would  put  his  head  in  and  ask 
about  my  health,  and  would  ask  if  I  wanted  anything.  Generally, 
I  said  'no,  nothing/  for  everything  needed  was  furnished  liberally ; 
but  one  day  I  wanted  oysters  in  July,  and  I  got  them.  I  mention 
this  to  show  that  the  hospital  service  was  not  a  very  bad  one 
after  all.  I  also  got  the  first  peaches  and  they  went  to  any  degree 
of  trouble  to  get  them  for  me.  In  this  case  a  darkey  rowed  seven 
miles  across  the  bay  to  the  Delaware  side.  This  the  Government 
did,  to  meet  the  mere  whim  of  a  sick  soldier.  What  a  privilege 
to  serve  such  a  Government.  As  a  eulogy  on  the  hospital  let  me 
read  this  poem,  by  Brete  Harte. 

'How  ARE  You,  SANITARY?' 


'Down  the  picket-guarded  lane, 
Rolled  the  comfort-laden  van, 
Cheered  by  shouts  that  shook  the  plain, 

Soldier-like  and  merry. 
Phrases  such  as  camps  may  teach, 
Sabre-cut  of  Saxon  speech ; 
Such  as  "Bully!"  "There's  the  peach!" 

"Wade  in,  Sanitary!" 


l82  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

'Right  and  left  the  caissons  drew, 
As  the  car  went  lumbering  through; 
Quick  succeeding  into  view, 

Squadron's  military. 
Sunburnt  men  with  hearts  like  frieze, 
Smooth-faced  boys  and  cries  like  these : 
"U.  S.  San.  Com. !"  "That's  the  cheese !" 

"Pass  in,  Sanitary!" 

'In  such  cheer  it  struggled  on, 
Till  the  battle  front  was  won; 
Then  the  car — its  journey  done, 

Lo!  was  stationary! 
And  where  bullets,  whistling  fly, 
Came  the  sadder,  fainter  cry, 
"Help  us,  brother,  ere  we  die — 

Save  us,  Sanitary." 

'Such  the  work — the  phantom  flies,    , 
Wrapped  in  battle-clouds  that  rise ; 
But  the  brave,  whose  dying  eyes, 

Veiled  and  visionary. 
See  the  jasper  gates  flung  wide, 
See  the  parted  throng  outside, 
Hears  the  voice  to  those  who  ride: 

"Pass  in,  Sanitary."  ' 

"In  closing  I  also  want  to  read  you  the  following  sweet  poem, 
by  M.  H.  Cobb : 

'Who  shall  relate  the  wondrous  story 
Of  man,  redeemed  from  servile  thrall, 

By  men  who  sought  their  country's  glory, 
And  on  its  altars  laid  their  all  ? 

How  shall  we  honor  faith  so  grand, 

As  that  which  nerved  the  patriot  band? 

Their  stern  resolve,  their  purpose  high, 

The  grandeur  of  their  battle  cry : 


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"Freedom  proclaim  throughout  the  land, 
To  all  the  people  of  the  land !" 

'And  who  shall  hymn  their  great  endeavor? 

Who  their  unselfish  deeds  shall  sing? 
The  fame  of  their  great  work  shall  ever 

Through  the  uncounted  ages  ring. 
The  skies  were  dark  with  storms  and  wrath, 
Yet  paused  they  never  on  their  path ; 
Thro'  deep  distress,  against  the  tide, 
They  bravely  pressed,  and  sternly  cried : 
"The  earth  is  God's,  his  children,  we, 
Have  vowed  the  new  world  shall  be  free." 

'And  high  above  the  battle  thunder, 

Their  stern  resolve  rang  clearly  out. 
Men  heard ;  the  nations  paused  in  wonder, 

And  man  sent  back  an  answering  shout. 
And  nobly  did  they  keep  that  vow, 
And  we,  their  comrades,  gather  now, 
To  vow  anew  this  land  shall  be 
The  mighty  empire  of  the  free, 
And  cry  as  cried  the  patriot  band : 
"Freedom  proclaim  throughout  the  land." 

'Then  join  with  us  in  graceful  chorus, 

For  what  thro'  man  our  God  hath  wrought. 

The  mists  of  doubt  recede  before  us, 
Since  they  have  put  the  wrong  to  rout. 

A  hundred  years — a  hundred  years, 

Of  alternating  hopes  and  fears, 

Of  scars  received  in  conflict  dire, 

A  victor  nation,  tried  by  fire, 

We  stand  to-day,  and  point  with  pride 

To  what  they  wrought,  for  what  they  died.' Ji 


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CHAPTER  XIX. 


SPEECH  OF  CAPTAIN  GEORGE  G.  LOVETT,  OF  COMPANY  K, 
REGIMENT,  DELIVERED  AT  THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  REUNION 
OF  THE  REGIMENT,  AT  GETTYSBURG,  PA. 
TUESDAY,  JUNE  3,  1902. 

COMRADE  LOVETT:  Comrade  Gibbs,  as  acting  Presi 
dent  of  the  organization  of  the  Survivors  of  the  iS/th 
Regiment,  P.  V.,  you  are  entitled  to  the  gratitude  of  our 
surviving  Comrades.  Through  your  efforts,  and  through  yours 
especially,  the  remnant  of  those  who  constituted  the  iS/th  Regi 
ment  were  called  together.  The  first  reunion  was  in  1899,  and 
the  effort  to  accomplish  and  consummate  the  work  was  of  your 
own  individual  enterprise;  and,  sir,  allow  me,  in  behalf  of  my 
Comrades  here,  and  those  who  are  not  here,  to  compliment  you 
for  your  energy,  your  feeling  of  comradeship,  and  the  success 
which  attended  your  notice  in  1898,  and  which  has  annually  fol 
lowed  through  your  perseverance.  The  organization  affected  and 
completed  in  1899,  at  Harrisburg,  made  Comrade  William  A. 
Stone,  Lieutenant  of  Company  A,  President  of  the  Regimental 
Association.  He  was  then  the  incoming  Governor.  A  Comrade 
who  had  distinguished  himself  in1  the  field  and  made  a  noble 
record  subsequently  in  civil  life;  a  man  and  a  Comrade  of  whom 
we  have  just  cause  to  be  proud.  It  is  fitting  that  he  should  be 
the  President  of  the  Association  of  Survivors  of  an  organization 
in  whose  service  he  won  credit  and  renown.  Comrades,  these 
reunions  are  more  than  that  of  a  social  gathering.  They  are 
educational  in  their  character  and  design.  We  need  to  inter 
change  thoughts,  opinions,  and  sentiments,  to  renew  comrade 
ship,  to  feel  young  again  as  Americans,  to  promulgate  and  dis 
seminate  our  love  of  loyalty  and  patriotism. 

I  see  before  me  men  and  Comrades  whom  I  have  not  met 
before  to-day  for  the  past  thirty-eight  years;  Comrades  of  my 


l86  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

Company  upon  whose  opinion,  friendship  and  fidelity  I  have 
trusted  in  the  field,  and  who  are  yet  the  same  heroic  men  as  in 
years  gone  by.  The  organization  of  the  i8;th  Regiment  was 
formed  under  the  call  of  the  President  for  500,000  volunteers  of 
September,  1863.  Originally  the  basis  of  the  organization  was 
the  First  Battalion,  Six  Months'  Volunteers,  enlisted  and  organ 
ized  in  June,  1863. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  President's  call  of  the  date  men 
tioned,  some  of  the  better  element  of  American  manhood  re 
sponded,  and  constituting  part  of  these  were  the  volunteers  mak 
ing  up  the  iS/th  Regiment.  The  men  thus  entering  the  services 
were  from  different  parts  of  the  State— Tioga,  York,  Cumber 
land,  Montour,  Philadelphia,  Bradford,  Luzerne  and  Lackawanna 
counties — furnishing  their  quota ;  the  merchant,  the  manufacturer, 
the  mechanic  and  the  professions  were  represented  in  the  make 
up  of  the  1 87th  Regiment.  Men  whose  moral  and  intellectual 
standing  have  been  manifested  in  their  after  life. 

Thirty-nine  years  have  almost  passed  since  the  formation  of 
our  Regiment.  Only  a  few  months  previous  to  that  occasion 
there  was  fought  within  our  hearing  one  of  the  bloodiest  battles 
of  either  ancient  or  modern  times,  and,  Comrades,  that  battle 
was  decided  in  favor  of  the  perpetuation  of  a  government  of  the 
people.  Although  the  event  of  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  was  not 
decisive,  yet  it  gave  the  loyal  people  of  the  North  great  hopes  of 
an  early  termination  of  the  war,  a  complete  crushing  out  of  the 
rebellion.  Following  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  the  President 
called  for  500,000  volunteers,  being  determined  to  crush  out  trea 
son  and  rebellion.  The  South  never  had  any  just  cause  for  re 
bellion.  Ours  of  the  North  was  a  holy  war,  to  squelch  insur 
rection  and  treason,  and  preserve  for  future  generations  a  united 
country  with  all  its  beneficent  institutions. 

But  Mr.  President,  I  am  digressing  from  what  should  be 
the  limits  of  my  talk.  Our  reunions  are  for  the  purpose  of 
mutual  benefit  to  each  other,  as  well  as  for  social  reasons.  The 
part  which  we  played  as  a  Regiment  in  the  Civil  War  will  be 
awarded  us  in  history ;  our  services  were  those  of  patriots  bring 
ing  honor  and  credit  to  our  State  and  nation.  You  did  your 


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duty,  Comrades,  and  you  did  it  well.  You  assisted  to  restore 
order  and  put  down  treason ;  to  block  the  chasm  of  State  rights, 
never  to  be  reopened. 

You  blotted  from  the  Constitution  the  foul  escutcheon  of 
human  slavery.  Your  services  were  those  of  patriots ;  you  fought 
not  for  self-aggrandizement,  but  for  the  preservation  of  national 
integrity  and  free  institutions.  The  declarations  of  1776  to  the 
effect,  "We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident,  that  all  men 
are  created  free  and  equal,  with  certain  inalienable  rights  such  as 
life,  liberty,  and  the  pursuit  of  happiness,"  was  never  fulfilled 
until  Grant  at  Appomattox  wound  up  the  rebellion  of  the  slave 
lords. 

The  defeat  of  the  Confederates  at  Gettysburg,  and  the  capture 
of  Vicksburg,  should  have  ended  the  Civil  War  July  4,  1863,  but 
no,  the  leaders  demanded  the  "last  ditch,"  and  their  followers 
seemed  willing.  On  the  4th  of  March,  1864,  General  Grant  was 
summoned  to  Washington,  and  was  commissioned  as  Lieutenant 
General  of  the  Armies  of  the  United  States,  the  highest  rank  then 
known  in  this  country,  and  the  same  that  was  conferred  on 
Washington  in  1776.  He  was  therefore  placed  in  command  of  all 
the  armies  of  the  United  States,  and  especially  to  give  his  personal 
supervision  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  On  May  4th  of  the 
same  year,  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  crossed  the  Rapidan.  Sher 
man  at  the  same  time  moved  from  Chattanooga  in  his  great  march 
to  the  sea.  Butler,  moved  from  Fort  Monroe  on  the  South  by 
the  James  river.  On  the  i$th  of  May,  Grant  attacked  Lee,  in 
the  Wilderness,  and  he  knew  that  a  certain  amount  of  fighting 
had  to  be  done  to  accomplish  his  end,  and  also  to  pay  the  penalty 
of  former  failures.  The  Union  losses  in  two  days'  fighting  were 
about  18,000  men;  the  Confederate  losses  were  12,000  men;  the 
difference  due  to  Lee's  entrenchments  and  the  blind  nature  of 
the  country  in  which  the  battle  was  fought. 

A  few  days  subsequent  to  this  period,  Comrades,  you  were 
disembarking  from  the  transports  at  Port  Royal,  on  the  Rappa- 
hannock  river,  and  took  up  your  march  to  Cold  Harbor,  to  join 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  We  reached  there  on  the  8th  of  June, 


l88  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

and  were  attached  to  the  Fifth  Corps,  General  Warren  command 
ing.  A  brave  and  competent  commander. 

Now,  then,  Mr.  President  and  Comrades,  our  march  takes 
us  across  those  laybrinth  of  rivers,  the  "Lea,"  the  "Ponie,"  the 
"Anti-Ponie,"  and  the  "Matapony,"  and  twenty  or  more  rivulets, 
which  in  that  country  were  called  rivers.  We  crossed  the  Pa- 
munky  above  the  White  House  Landing,  and  engaged  in  the  bat 
tle  of  Cold  Harbor,  relieving  Crawford's  Reserves,  whose  time 
had  expired  on  the  day  previous.  The  Reserves'  losses  at  this 
battle  were  very  heavy,  yet  ever  onward,  Comrades,  by  the  left 
flank,  Grant  is  in  command !  The  swamps  of  the  Chickahominy, 
where  other  commanders  had  failed,  were  no  obstacle  to  our  pro 
gress.  We  had  emerged  from  the  Wilderness,  where  Lee  was 
supposed  to  destroy  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  yet  after 
Spottsylvania  and  Cold  Harbor,  the  grand  old  Army  of  the  Po 
tomac  were  in  full  tack  and  aggressive  movements.  We  crossed 
the  swamps  without  meeting  any  determined  opposition,  and  on 
the  i6th  day  of  June  we  crossed  the  James  to  the  south  side. 
Our  crossing  was  in  the  afternoon,  and  that  same  afternoon,  from 
two  o'clock  we  marched  a  distance  of  thirty-five  miles  to  the 
breastworks  in  front  of  Petersburg.  The  object  of  Grant  was 
either  the  capture  of  Richmond  or  the  destruction  of  Lee's  army. 
The  Army  of  North  Virginia  was  now  penned  within  the  en 
trenchments  of  Richmond,  there  to  remain  for  ten  long  months 
on  the  defensive,  almost  passive,  while  observers  of  merely  local 
events,  whilst  Grant's  other  armies  were  absolutely  annihilating 
the  Southern  Confederacy. 

On  June  i8th,  our  Regiment  engaged  in  that  terrible  assault 
in  front  of  Petersburg.  The  Regiment,  both  officers  and  men, 
exhibited  rare  skill  and  bravery.  Unsupported  for  several  hours, 
we  maintained  and  held  our  own  immediately  under  the  walls  of 
the  fort,  repelling  every  sortie  of  the  Rebels  until  we  were  ordered 
to  retire.  Our  loss  was  very  heavy.  Here  Major  Merrick  fell 
dangerously  wounded.  There  was  no  braver  or  more  gallant 
officer  of  his  rank  in  the  service.  His  wound  caused  the  ampu 
tation  of  his  limb  and  his  necessary  retirement. 

In  this  engagement  our  Regiment  lost  a  commander,  an  of- 


i  LIEUT.  JOHN  S.  GORE.    2  CAPT.  JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE. 

3   SERGT.  JAMES   M.   KENNEDY.     4  LIEUT.   FRANK   BEST. 

5  SERGT.  HENRY  H.  PECK. 

COMPANY  D. 


uNlV 


FREDERICK  K.  PLOVER.    Co.  D. 
Treasurer,  Survivors'  Association. 


i  THEODORE  R.  BOYLES.    2  SERGEANT  LEWIS  F.  MOUL. 

3  CORPORAL  SAMUEL  BRICKER. 
4  ROBERT  M.  McKEEHAN.    5  CORPORAL  HENRY  A.  COBAUGH. 

COMPANY  D. 


OF  THf 

UNIVERSITY 

Of 


i  WILLIAM  GREEN.    2  AUGUSTUS  G.  KYLE. 

3  MUSICIAN  FRANCIS  M.  STOKE.  MUSICIAN  AUGUSTUS  KYLE. 
4  JONATHAN  FERREE.    5  WILLIAM  O.  TREGO. 

COMPANY  D. 


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ficer  of  brilliant  intelligence  and  soldierly  qualities.  Of  my  own 
Company  K,  Ammerman  was  killed  and  Second  Lieutenant 
George  S.  Walker  severely  wounded.  The  loss  of  whom  em 
barrassed  me  to  a  great  extent.  He  was  an  officer  upon  whom  I 
could  depend  at  all  times ;  brave,  fearless  and  intelligent.  When 
ordered  to  retire,  it  was  done  under  good  order  and  military  dis 
cipline.  General  Chamberlain,  our  Brigade  Commander,  was 
dangerously  wounded  in  this  engagement  and  had  to  be  taken 
from  the  field.  He  ordered,  in  the  meantime,  his  Adjutant  to 
have  an  order  issued  "complimenting  the  i87th  Regiment  for 
their  gallantry  and  noble  bearing  in  the  assault  on  the  Rebel 
fort."  General  Warren,  in  his  report  of  the  assault  to  General 
Grant,  strongly  compliments  the  action  of  the  Regiment  in  their 
heroic  conduct  of  the  charge  on  the  fort;  a  strong  position  oc 
cupied  by  a  superior  force  and  well  supplied  with  artillery.  The 
action  and  conduct  of  the  iS/th  Regiment  on  this  occasion  in 
question  demonstrated  the  fact  that  Rives'  Salient  could  not  be 
taken  by  direct  assault  unless  at  a  fearful  sacrifice  of  life,  which 
Grant  did  not  propose  to  do,  as  the  occupancy  of  the  fort  would 
not  have  strengthened  his  position.  Lee  and  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia  were  fast,  their  boundaries  were  fixed,  in 
evitably  circumscribed. 

On  the  22d  of  June  our  command  moved  further  to  the 
left  along  the  line  of  the  Jerusalem  Plank  Road.  From  that  time, 
Comrades,  until  we  were  ordered  to  the  State,  the  history  of  the 
Fifth  Corps  is  our  history,  whether  skirmish  or  reconnaissance, 
you  were  there  and  always  ready  to  participate  in  any  trouble 
that  may  have  caused  our  presence  and  action  necessary.  Your 
steady  bearing  at  the  Jerusalem  Plank  Road  in  reinforcing  the 
Second  Corps,  saved  that  organization  from  disaster ;  and  again, 
in  the  destruction  of  the  Weldon  Railroad  and  tearing  up  the 
track,  your  skill  was  exhibited  and  your  bravery  commended  by 
such  an  old  soldier-veteran  as  General  Griffin.  Upon  all  oc 
casions  wherein  you  were  called  to  action,  whether  in  the  con 
flict  of  battle,  .the  skirmish,  or  the  march,  you  acquitted  your 
selves  with  credit. 

When  in  battle,  or  on  the  march,  obedience  and  patriotic  in- 


194  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

telligence  seemed  to  be  the  controlling  element  of  our  organiza 
tion.  You  were,  Comrades,  associated  with  the  Army  of  the  Po 
tomac  in  its  final  campaign  against  treason  and  insurrection,  the 
controlling  military  forces  of  the  United  States ;  and  I  here  re 
peat,  or  assert,  that  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  contained  no  Regi 
ment  more  loyal  to  its  Government  or  more  obedient  to  its  Gen 
erals,  than  that  of  the  i87th  Regiment.  There  were  few  days,  if 
any,  from  the  time  you  joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  until 
you  were  sent  North,  that  you  were  not  engaged  either  in  battle, 
reconnoiter,  skirmish  or  picket  duty. 

I  was  wounded,  and  dangerously  so,  on  the  23rd  day  of  June, 
1864,  immediately  after  our  movement  to  the  left  along  the  Jeru 
salem  Plank  Road.  I  had  lost  Walker,  a  serious  and  sad  thing 
for  our  Company.  It  left  my  command  in  a  position  not  to  be 
envied.  The  Regiment  had  lost  its  virtual  leader  in  the  disable 
ment  of  Major  George  W.  Merrick. 

The  leaders  of  the  rebellion  of  1861  to  1865  were  terribly  in 
earnest.  It  required  strategy  and  courage  to  subdue  them.  It 
was  accomplished,  however,  by  a  fearful  sacrifice  of  life.  Four 
hundred  and  sixty-six  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  eighty-six 
men  laid  down  their  lives  that  the  Republic  might  live. 

Comrades,  it  is  well  for  us  to  take  retrospect  of  the  past  at 
our  reunions.  While  nothing  can  be  recalled,  there  is  much  we 
like  to  think  of  that  transpired  in  those  halcyon  days ;  but  they 
were  the  springtime  of  our  life,  the  heyday  of  our  existence,  when 
we  went  forth  to  defend  and  uphold  the  unity  and  perpetuation  of 
this  nation ;  and,  Comrades,  we  regret  very  much  that  our  Presi 
dent,  Comrade  Stone,  is  unable  to  be  present  owing  to  the  pres 
sure  of  official  business.  There  is  no  Comrade  of  this  organiza 
tion  better  qualified  to  speak  of  the  past ;  none  more  true  and 
brave,  or  better  beloved  by  his  Comrades  than  William  A.  Stone ; 
and  not  by  his  Comrades  alone,  but  by  the  people  of  this  great 
Commonwealth,  of  whom  he  is  the  beloved  Executive;  brave  in 
action,  a  true  patriot  and  friend,  uncompromising  in  principal,  in 
honor  and  integrity.  In  his  absence,  and  that  of  the  other  Com 
rades  that  cannot  be  with  us  to-day,  we  nevertheless  think  of 
them,  while  we  shall  revere  the  memory  of  those  who  have 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  IQ5 

answered  the  last  roll-call  and  joined  the  great  bivouac  of  eternity. 
Let  our  annual  memorial  tribute  be  planted  upon  their  resting 
place.  They  died  for  a  cause  which  is  the  future  hope  of  man 
kind. 

Now,  Mr.  President  and  Comrades,  a  few  more  words  and  I 
am  done,  for  I  have  already  detained  you  too  long.  The  past  has 
taught  us  that  the  American  people,  in  war  as  in  peace,  are  equal 
to  every  emergency.  Men  bred  to  the  professions  and  to  the 
finer  callings  of  art  and  trade  were  both  able  and  willing  to 
shoulder  the  musket  when  their  country  needed  their  service,  but 
never  again  will  American  Volunteers  be  pitted  against  American 
Volunteer.  Ready  at  all  times  to  resent  foreign  intrusion,  we 
stand  as  one  people  ready  to  defend  American  nationality  and 
American  principles. 

The  principles  for  which  we  fought  in  1861  and  1865,  did 
not  end  with  the  subjugation  of  armed  rebellion ;  the  influence  of 
the  survivors  of  that  conflict  has  been  seen,  and  is  marked  by  the 
trend  of  both  political  parties  since  1868.  Their  influences  have 
been  welded  into  statutory  law  by  the  lawmaking  power  of  the 
Nation,  and  fearlessly  carried  into  execution  by  the  Executive 
of  both  Nation  and  State. 

Comrades,  no  praise  can  be  too  great  for  the  men  that  passed 
through  the  ordeal  of  1861  and  1865.  Enduring  fatigue  without  a 
murmur,  successfully  meeting  all  attacks  made  upon  them,  always 
in  the  right  place  in  the  right  time,  and  emerging  from  the  fiery 
ordeal  a  compact  army  of  veterans,  equal  to  any  task  that  brave 
and  disciplined  men  can  be  called  upon  to  undertake.  Survivors 
of  the  i8/th  Regiment,  our  command  were  as  patient,  brave  and 
courageous  and  chivalrous  as  any  marshalled  on  that  occasion, 
men  of  exceptionally  good  character  and  personality,  brave,  noble 
and  true. 


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CHAPTER    XX. 


SPEECH  OF  COMRADE  FRANCIS  M.  STOKE,  OF  COMPANY  D,  AT  THE 

FOURTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION, 

AT  GETTYSBURG,  PAV  JUNE  3,  1902. 

MR.  PRESIDENT  and  Comrades  of  the  i8;th  Regiment, 
I  did  not  expect  to  be  called  upon  at  this  late  hour  to 
speak  at  this  reunion,  but  being  captured  by  our  worthy 
Vice  President,  Comrade  J.  M.  Gibbs,  in  the  camp  of  my  friends, 
I  have  nothing  to  fear,  and  should  be  able  to  say  something.  My 
late  arrival  was  no  fault  of  mine,  but  grew  out  of  the  withdrawal 
of  the  morning  train  leaving  Carlisle  for  Gettysburg.  I  am  able 
to  be  here,  however,  by  trolley  to  Mt.  Holly,  and  then  after  wait 
ing  four  hours  in  doubt  and  anxiety  as  to  whether  I  would  be 
able  to  reach  here  in  time  to  enjoy  any  of  the  pleasures  of  this 
reunion,  I  have  reached  this  historic  town  by  rail. 

Comrades,  I  am  glad  to  meet  you  again  in  reunion  and  take 
you  by  the  hand.  When  I  look  around  me,  memories  of  the  past 
crowd  upon  me  so  fast  for  recognition  that  I  am  at  loss  to  know 
what  to  say  first.  I  think  of  you  as  you  were  lined  up  for  battle 
with  the  flush  of  young  manhood  on  your  faces.  I  think  of  you 
in  the  campaign  of  '64  from  Cold  Harbor,  the  objective  point 
being  Petersburg ;  how  you  marched  twenty  hours  out  of  twenty- 
four  for  days  through  a  network  of  creeks  and  rivers,  wet  from 
Monday  morning  till  Saturday  night,  having  to  subsist  for  three 
days  on  one  spoonful  of  cornmeal,  foraged  from  an  old  mill  on 
the  Pamonkey  river.  I  think  of  you  when,  weary  and  exhausted, 
the  defenses  of  Petersburg  were  reached  after  seventy-mile  were 
covered  under  a  burning  sun  with  bleeding  feet,  harassed  by  Lee's 
army  in  front  and  flanks,  and  trailed  by  guerillas  in  our  rear.  I 
remember  how,  in  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  we  were  not  per 
mitted  to  make  fire  and  had  to  forego  the  much  needed  pint  of 
coffee.  My  memory  has  singled  out  that  day  of  days  to  the  1871?! 
Regiment,  the  i8th  of  June,  1864,  when,  as  the  command  rang 


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out  along  the  line,  "Fall  in;  forward,  march;  charge  bayonets," 
to  which  our  Regiment  responded,  and  the  bloody  battle  of  the 
"Ravine"  and  "Fort  Hell"  was  on  in  all  its  horrid  fury.  I  see  you 
in  memory  as  you  forced  back  the  foe  into  the  fort  and  defenses 
and  held  your  position  with  faces  to  the  enemy  until  night  fell 
on  this  day  of  bloody  baptism,  and  the  i87th  Regiment  was  with 
drawn  to  take  a  position  further  to  the  left  of  the  line.  Com 
rades,  the  battle  for  the  day  was  over,  our  ranks  were  thinned,  a 
funeral  pall  settled  upon  us ;  more  than  two  hundred  of  our  Regi 
ment  had  been  killed  or  \vounded,  as  I  can  verify  by  my  old  camp- 
worn  diary,  in  which  I  noted  the  casualties  of  that  memorable 
day.  As  I  had  the  green  insignia  of  the  Ambulance  Corps  on  my 
arm,  and  was  on  the  field  all  day  among  the  dead  and  dying,  I  was 
in  a  position  to  know  our  losses.  Add  to  this  our  losses  on  the 
Weldon  Railroad,  and  we  have  perhaps  300  killed  and  wounded 
up  to  August  1st  of  that  year.  Many  of  the  wounds  were  too 
slight  to  be  noticed,  but  when  a  soldier  is  but  slightly  wounded 
he  is  near  the  dead  line.  I  know  of  Comrades  who  long  have 
passed  to  the  better  camping  ground  from  wounds  considered 
but  slight  at  the  time.  In  the  rush  by  historians  to  get  first  into 
print,  the  1871!!  Regiment  has  not  received  justice,  but  the  valor 
and  sacrifice  of  the  dead  and  living  will  not  be  forgotten. 

Comrades,  I  do  not  wish  to  weary  you,  as  the  time  has  al 
ready  passed  to  adjourn.  But  before  closing,  allow  me  to  say 
that  in  the  beginning  of  my  extempore  talk  I  spoke  of  your  being 
lined  up  for  battle  with  the  flush  of  young  manhood  on  your 
faces,  but  since  those  days  that  tried  men's  souls,  the  pencil  of 
time  has  been  doing  its  work  in  scouring  my  face  and  yours. 
My  brown  hair  is  now  white  like  blossoms  of  the  almond  tree  of 
Scripture.  We  are  nearing  the  last  roll  call,  but  these  reunions 
will  ever  be  to  us  an  oasis  as  our  feeble  steps  draw  us  nearer 
to  the  last  camping  ground.  May  a  kind  Providence  bring  us 
together  often  in  reunion  as  we  have  met  to-day. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY 

SPEECH  OF  COMRADE  LEWIS  RODENHOFFER,  OF  COMPANY  F,  DE 
LIVERED  AT  THE  CAMP-FIRE,  AT  WELLSBORO,  PA.,  - 
SEPTEMBER  7,  1904. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Comrades,  Survivors  of  the  i87th  Regiment, 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen :  It  is  not  my  purpose  to  make  much  of 
a  speech,  but  I  will  try  and  interest  you  so  far  as  I  can.  I  well 
remember  when  the  Stars  and  Stripes  were  fired  upon  at  Fort 
Sumter,  in  April,  1861.  What  an  excitement  went  over  this 
country,  and  when  the  first  call  for  75,000  volunteers  was  made 
by  President  Lincoln,  and  in  what  a  short  time  they  were  march 
ing  on  to  Washington.  I,  myself,  wanted  to  enlist,  but  they  said 
I  was  too  young,  so  I  had  to  wait  until  I  was  older,  and  I  became 
three  years  older  in  one  and  a  half  years,  and  I  said  that  I  was 
eighteen,  and  so  I  and  some  other  chums  of  mine  concluded  to 
enlist,  so  we  ran  away  from  home  and  parents  and  went  to  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.,  and  enlisted  and  soon  got  on  the  blue,  and  was  fully 
equipped  as  Volunteers.  My  father  went  to  Harrisburg  and 
called  upon  the  great  old  War  Governor,  Andrew  G.  Curtin,  to 
get  his  son  back  home,  but  we  had  been  sent  away,  and  I  re 
mained  in  the  service.  As  you  well  know,  the  soldiers  of  the 
Civil  War  were  mostly  very  young  men,  anywhere  from  fifteen 
years  up.  I  notice  there  are  many  young  men  here  this  evening, 
who  were  born  since  the  war  closed,  and  to  them  a  reunion  of 
this  kind  must  be  most  inspiring,  and  be  of  much  value  and  in 
teresting  as  an  object  lesson,  which  should  and  I  know  will,  in 
still  into  them  patriotism  and  a  love  of  country,  when  they  learn 
of  the  sufferings  and  privations  of  these  soldiers,  survivors  of  the 
Civil  War,  mostly  young  men  then,  now  up  in  years,  not  many  of 
us  now  under  sixty  years  of  age,  after  a  period  of  almost  forty 
years  since  the  war  ended. 

I  have  looked  forward  for  some  time  to  this  reunion  of  the 
Survivors  of  the  i87th  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In 
fantry,  in  your  city  of  Wellsboro,  and  I  am  much  pleased  with 
the  hospitality  shown  us  here  by  the  citizens ;  and  we,  the  mem 
bers  of  the  Regiment,  after  we  return  to  our  homes,  will  ever 
keep  in  remembrance  the  reception  we  have  received  here,  which 
is  an  evidence  of  the  loyalty  and  patriotism  that  exists  among  the 


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citizens  of  Wellsboro.  I  was  most  delighted  to  meet  our  Major, 
George  W.  Merrick,  your  honored  townsman,  who  received  and 
entertained  me  in  the  kindest  manner  possible,  and  the  short  time 
that  I  was  a  guest  of  the  Major,  and  his  most  amiable  wife,  was 
a  source  of  much  pleasure  to  me  and  was  well  worth  coming  from 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.  for.  Right  here  I  want  to  say  to  you  people  of 
Wellsboro,  that  the  i8th  day  of  June,  1864,  when  our  Regiment 
was.  engaged  in  the  terrible  assault  on  the  Rebel  breastworks,  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  subsequently  named  Fort  Hell,  and  a 
most  appropriate  name,  especially  so  as  our  Regiment  held  the 
most  hazardous  position  in  that  terrible  charge.  And  unsup 
ported  we  maintained  and  held  our  position  under  the  most  ter 
rific  fire  of  musketry,  and  grape  and  canister,  shot  and  shell,  and 
in  which  the  Regiment,  both  officers  and  men,  exhibited  wonder 
ful  bravery.  Our  loss  was  tremendous,  about  230  in  killed  and 
wounded,  and  the  behavior  of  the  Regiment  that  day  has  given  it 
immortal  fame.  I  was  wounded  quite  early  in  the  engagement,  a 
minnie  ball  passing  through  my  left  ankle,  causing  amputation 
of  the  foot  about  five  inches  above  the  ankle.  It  was  here,  also, 
that  our  Major,  George  W.  Merrick,  who  had  charge  of  the  Regi 
ment  and  led  them  into  battle,  was  severely  wounded.  I  was 
wounded  sometime  before  the  Major  and  was  in  such  a  position 
for  sometime  in  which  I  had  full  view  of  the  line  of  the  Regiment 
and  its  exploits ;  and  the  heroism  of  the  Major  here  displayed  was 
wonderful ;  under  his  command  the  Regiment,  every  member  of 
it,  became  a  hero.  The  line  of  battle  of  the  Regiment  in  this 
charge,  led  by  Major  Merrick,  was  wonderful  for  the  perfect  line 
and  manner  in  which  they  followed  their  leader,  until  compelled 
to  fall  back,  amid  the  shower  of  bullets  from  the  Rebel  breast 
works.  Just  prior  to  this  I  noticed  two  soldiers  carried  a 
wounded  soldier,  and  coming  toward  me,  and  almost  tramping 
on  me,  which  could  not  be  helped,  as  the  dead  and  wounded 
soldiers  were  lying  thick  all  around. 

As  they  passed  me  I  noticed  that  it  was  our  dear  heroic 
Major,  who  was  dangerously  wounded,  and  I  felt  then  what  a 
loss  to  our  Regiment,  for  there  was  no  braver  or  more  gallant  an 
officer  ever  took  a  Regiment  into  battle.  After  this  I  still  lay  on 


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the  field  over  four  hours,  into  the  darkness  of  the  night,  when  the 
batteries  of  both  sides  opened  with  shot  and  shell,  bursting  in 
mid-air,  and  a  most  wonderful  display  of  fireworks,  which  was 
kept  up  for  some  twenty  or  thirty  minutes,  after  which  I  made  an 
effort  to  get  off  the  field,  and  being  quite  weak  from  the  loss  of 
blood,  I  crawled  up  the  brow  of  the  hill  through  the  sassafras 
bushes  from  three  to  four  feet  high,  in  which  the  dead  soldiers 
were  taking  their  last  sleep.  So  thick  were  they  lying  there,  I 
was  compelled  to  crawl  over  their  dead  bodies  until  directly  I 
heard  a  voice,  which  I  recognized  and  whom  I  called  to  me,  and 
who  proved  to  be  two  stretcher  bearers,  Michael  Caslin  and  Isaac 
Rantz,  of  Company  C,  who  placed  me  on  a  stretcher,  and  carried 
me  back  and  then,  you  bet,  I  felt  better,  and  after  having  my 
wound  dressed,  was  put  to  bed  on  some  straw  laying  on  the 
ground  among  the  hundreds  already  lying  there. 

Now,  that  was  an  awful  night  for  the  surgeons,  as  they 
were  amputating  limbs  all  night.  The  next  day  I  was  sent  to 
City  Point,  and  from  there,  after  two  days,  was  put  on  board  of 
a  transport  which  carried  me  and  about  three  hundred  wounded 
soldiers,  to  New  York,  and  distributed  them  among  the  different 
hospitals.  Now,  I  think  that  I  have  taken  up  enough  of  your 
time  and  I  will  give  way  to  other  speakers  who  are  to  follow.  I 
thank  you  for  your  attention. 

REMARKS  OF  F.  K.  PLOYER  AT  WELLSBORO  MEETING. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Comrades  of  the  iS/th  Regiment  Pennsyl 
vania  Volunteers,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  I  am  quite  at  a  loss 
to  know  why  I  should  be  called  upon  to  make  remarks  at  this 
point  in  the  meeting  unless  it  be  that  that  Committee  in  arranging 
the  program  deemed  it  wise  that  the  "good  wine"  should  be  kept 
for  the  "end  of  the  feast,"  when  this  good  audience  might  other 
wise  be  tired  out  and  the  less  appreciative. 

You,  Mr.  Chairman, — our  good  Vice-President — in  opening 
stated  that  we  would  be  addressed  by  his  honor,  Ex-Governor 
Stone,  Colonel  Sample,  Major  Merrick,  Colonel  Young,  Comrade 
Foote  and  others.  If  my  idea  of  the  arrangement  of  the  order  of 


2O2  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

the  speakers  is  the  correct  one,  I  must  heartily  commend  the 
Committee  for  its  wise  judgment. 

I  have  no  speech.  In  fact  I  did  not  expect  to  be  called  out 
and  willingly  would  I  give  my  time  to  those  better  able  to  interest 
this  assemblage,  and  I  most  sincerely  offer  an  apology  to  this 
highly  respectable  and  appreciative  audience  for  attempting  to 
make  an  address  without  due  thought  and  preparation. 

From  the  number  of  speakers  in  prospect,  and  from  my 
knowledge  of  the  fact  that  an  old  soldier  "can  always  give  a  rea 
son  for  the  faith  which  is  in  him,"  and  that  he  is  never  known 
to  falter  in  a  duty  commanded,  I  would  suggest  that  short  speeches 
must  necessarily  be  the  order  of  the  evening.  With  the  permis 
sion  of  the  ministers  on  the  platform  and  in  the  audience,  who  are 
always,  and  very  rightly,  the  conservators  of  a  pure  Holy  Writ, 
I  will  suggest  a  new  beatitude  for  the  speakers  who  follow, 
"Blessed  are  they  who  make  short  speeches,  for  they  shall  be 
invited  again." 

I  want  to  congratulate  this  Association  in  the  large  and 
highly  appreciative  audience  which  has  gathered  the  second  time 
this  afternoon  to  greet  and  honor  the  members  of  this  Regiment. 
It  is  truly  a  great  honor  to  be  greeted  by  such  an  audience.  It 
is  an  honor  to  be  invited  to  hold  this  re-union  in  the  beautiful 
little  city  of  Wessboro— nestled  among  these  beautiful  and  ever 
lasting  mountains — the  home  of  our  beloved  comrades  of  Com 
pany  "'A,"  including  in  its  citizenship  our  beloved  Comrade  Ex- 
Governor  Stone,  Major  Merrick,  Captain  Webb,  Colonel  Young, 
Comrade  Foote  and  others — men  who  have  not  only  proved  them 
selves  valiant  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War,,  but  have  won  deserved 
and  distinguished  honors  in  the  battles  of  State,  and  national, 
civil,  social  and  business  life. 

This  perhaps  will  account  for  this  large  and  enthusiastic 
pouring  out  of  the  population  of  this  community  to  greet  the  old 
soldier. 

It  is  indeed  a  rare  pleasure  to  meet  the  members  of  Company 
"A,"  many  of  whom,  on  account  of  distance  from  the  place  of 
former  meetings,  we  have  not  met  for  forty  years.  It  is  a  rare 
pleasure,  indeed,  to  grasp  them  by  the  hand,  to  look  into  their 


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faces  once  again.  Believe  me,  and  I  say  it  without  attempt  to 
flatter,  that  nowhere  has  it  been  my  pleasure  to  look  into  the 
faces  of  thirty  or  more  old  soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  on  whose 
faces  and  forms  the  ravages  of  time  have  less  and  lighter  pene 
tration.  To  my  mind,  it  argues  for  the  atmosphere  of  your  sur 
roundings — the  purity  of  this  mountain  air — the  purity  and  gen 
eral  prosperity  of  this  people  in  its  civic  and  domestic  life. 

As  we  were  driven  through  your  streets  and  parks,  and  over 
the  surrounding  hills,  this  afternoon,  I  was  impressed  with  the 
thought  that  "man  makes  the  city,  but  God  made  the  country  and 
the  everlasting  hills."  That  you  have  a  beautiful  little  city,  with 
wide  and  regular  streets,  cottages  and  residences,  surrounded  by 
beautiful  and  well  kept  lawns,  is  an  evidence  of  culture,  taste, 
comfort  and  thrift,  remarkable,  indeed,  considering  your  dis 
tance  from  the  financial  and  population  centres  of  this  grand  old 
Keystone  State.  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is  in 
this  case  a  most  happy  combination  of  the  works  of  art  and 
nature. 

Now,  in  regard  to  this  grand  Regiment,  we  would  not  have 
you  believe  that  we  put  down  the  war.  Composed  as  it  was  very 
largely  of  men  wrho  had  seen  service  in  prior  enlistments — from 
the  time  it  appeared  in  active  service  at  Cold  Harbor,  it  never 
faltered  in  its  duty  and  never  failed  to  exert  a  decided  influence 
in  the  closing  period  of  the  war.  No  old  and  trained  Regiment 
could  have  rendered  more  heroic  service  than  did  this  Regiment 
on  that  eventful  i8th  day  of  June,  1864,  when,  under  the  gallant 
leadership  and  the  inspiration  of  its  Brigade  Commander,  General 
Chamberlain,  and  its  own  line  officers,  Major  Merrick,  Captain 
Webb  and  others,  without  support  on  its  left,  it  charged  against 
that  impenetrable  wall  of  muskets  and  cannon — with  more  than 
two  hunderd  of  its  men  and  officers  killed,  wounded  and  disabled, 
it  held  its  position  grandly  for  more  than  six  hours,  until,  with 
drawn  in  good  order  and  afterwards  forming  a  part  of  the 
entrenched  line  which  was  held  and  maintained  by  our  troops  until 
the  fall  of  Petersburg. 

I  repeat  this  Regiment  did  not  put  down  the  war,  but  no 
Regiment  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  or  elsewhere,  rendered 


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better  service  for  the  term  of  its  enlistment,  and  the  Regiment  in 
an  eminent  degree  is  worthy  of  all  the  encomiums  of  praise  given 
it  by  the  General  of  the  Army  and  by  its  Corps  and  Brigade 
Commanders. 

In  conclusion,  I  will  say  that  I  am  proud  to  have  belonged 
to  the  iS/th  Regiment.  As  we  touched  elbows  in  1864,  under 
that  awful  baptism  of  fire,  and  as  when  amidst  the  wounded  and 
dying,  we  took  courage  in  God  and  in  our  comrades,  so  it  is  a 
rare  pleasure  and  comfort  to  strike  hands  again  with  our  com 
rades  in  these  re-unions.  There  is  a  tie  that  binds  us  more  closely 
than  any  earthly  tie,  and  this  is  being  more  closely  cemented  by 
these  annual  re-unions,  each  one  of  which  is  becoming  more  and 
more  interesting  as  the  years  come  and  go. 

I  bespeak  a  good  attendance  for  our  next  meeting  at  York. 
Again,  I  say,  it  has  been  a  great  pleasure  to  me  to  meet  the 
comrades  again,  and  especially  the  men  of  Company  "A"  in  the 
midst  of  their  families  and  their  very  pleasant  and  comfortable 
environments.  I  thank  you,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  for  your  kind 
and  respectful  attention. 

REMARKS  OF  CAPTAIN  R.  B.  WEBB. 

WELLSBORO,  PA.,  Sept.  7,  1904. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Comrades,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen :  I  had 
received  the  "tip"  that  as  Captain  of  Company  "I"  of  this  Regi 
ment,  I  would  be  called  upon  to  make  a  ten  minute  talk  to-night ; 
and  as  I  am  not  a  public  speaker  I  set  myself  to  work  preparing 
what  I  thought  would  be  a  nice  little  impromptu  speech. 

But  it  is  all  gone.  I  don't  know  a  word  of  it.  Comrade 
Ployer  has  knocked  it  all  out  of  me.  I  think  I  made  a  mistake, — 
I  gave  him  an  introduction  to  my  wife,  and  he  has  been  feeding 
her  taffy,  and  I  now  find  myself  very  much  in  the  condition  I  was 
in  when  I  first  took  command  of  Company  "I"  on  the  i8th  of 
June,  1864,  of  which  so  much  has  been  said — but  not  th'e  half. 
I  was  badly  scared  at  the  time.  I  can  see  the  clergy  before  me 
now ;  I  do  not  need  you  now,  but  had  I  seen  ten  thousand  of  you 
during  the  five  minutes  before  that  charge  was  made  I  should 
have  asked  the  prayers  of  every  one  of  you.  My  only  hope  at 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  2O5 

that  time  was  in  the  prayers  of  my  mother.  After  Major  Mer- 
rick  had  taken  us  from  the  ravine  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  I  felt  a 
little  of  the  old  spirit  arise  in  me  (I  had  served  with  him  in  the 
old  Pennsylvania  Reserves)  ;  I  knew  he  had  nerve  and  I  thought 
I  had  a  little  myself,  but  when  he  said  to  me,  "We  are  to  charge 
those  works,"  and  I  had  taken  a  birdseye  view  of  them,  my  heart 
dropped  into  my  shoes.  Within  one  hundred  rods  to  our  right 
was  a  large  fort  mounted  with  many  big  guns,  most  of  them 
trained  upon  our  position.  From  this  fort,  running  our  whole 
front  in  a  semi-circle  was  a  line  of  breast-works  a  half  mile  long, 
over  which  I  counted  ten  field  pieces.  I  could  see  sticking  over 
the  tops  of  the  works  the  shining  barrels  of  three  thousand  Rebel 
rifles,  and  I  knew  there  was  a  Johnnie  behind  every  one  of  them. 
At  the  end  of  these  works,  on  our  left  flank,  was  another  large 
fort  mounted  by  more  big  guns. 

My  night-mare  was  worse.  Cold  drops  stood  on  my  fore 
head.  I  could  still  use  my  eyes,  and  turned  them  to  the  rear. 
Over  a  broad  plain  for  a  mile  or  more  not  a  blue  coat  was  in 
sight.  By  this  time  my  blood  was  frozen  solid.  I  realized  for 
the  first  time  in  my  life  that  I  was  a  coward. 

What  had  become  of  the  rest  of  our  Division  ?  Not  in  sight, 
surely.  Here  was  our  Regiment  and  there  was  Major  Merrick, 
a  little  pale,  but  in  perfect  control  of  his  body  and  head.  Yes, 
and  there  was  Colonel  Chamberlain  coming  down  our  lines, 
cool,  calm,  field-glass  in  hand,  surveying  the  field  to  our  rear.  I 
found  my  heart, — I  could  hear  it  beat. 

The  Colonel  came  down  the  rear  of  our  line,  and  between 
Companies  "D"  and  "I"  took  out  his  watch  and  held  it  in  his 
hand,  still  looking  to  the  rear, — it  might  have  been  five  minutes, 
to  me  it  was  a  life-time.  He  stepped  between  Companies  "D" 
and  "I"  and  several  paces  to  the  front,  faced  about,  drew  his 
sword,  and  gave  the  command,  clear  as  a  trumpet,  "Attention! 
Trail  arms !  Double  quick,  march !"  And  waving  his  sword 
toward  the  fort  on  our  right,  he  set  us  the  pace  forward.  My 
nightmare  was  gone.  I  had  received  an  inspiration  like  an  elec 
tric  shock.  I  must  do  as  my  leader  had  done, — I  could  not  help 
it.  Comrade  Ployer  says  that  I  also  waved  my  sword  toward  the 


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fort  on  our  right  and  shouted  to  Company  "I,"  "Come  on."  If 
it  was  a  brave  act,  give  Colonel  Chamberlain  the  credit  for  it. 
I  thought  he  had  challenged  me  to  a  foot  race. 

From  the  throats  of  our  boys  in  the  rear  came  an  inspiring 
yell,  but  the  answer  to  that  yell  came  from  the  other  side  of  the 
field.  It  came  from  the  throats  of  fifty  cannon  and  from  three 
thousand  rifles,  and  within  five  seconds  the  air  was  full  of  all 
kinds  of  deadly  things,  shrieking  bullets,  big  shells  bursting  in 
front,  over  head  and  in  rear,  with  solid  shot  plowing  furrows 
under  our  feet,  grape  and  canister  mowing  swaths  in  the  brush 
and  grass  all  around  us,  minnie  balls  making  strange  music  in 
our  ears, — all  tearing,  mangling,  and  killing  the  thousand  brave 
boys  that  were  following  their  brave  Colonel.  But  he  soon  fell. 
The  Lieutenant  had  won  the  race.  The  Colonel  with  a  desperate 
wound,  had  won  his  stars. 

Comrades,  I  see  the  Chairman  looking  at  his  watch ;  I  have 
outrun  my  ten  minutes.  If  I  have  given  you  a  poor  talk,  blame 
Comrade  Plover, — for  he  gave  me  my  text. 

REMARKS  OF  COMRADE  H.  M.  FOOTE. 

Mr.  Chairman  and  Comrades:  My  good  friend,  Major 
Merrick,  has  told  you  that  I  was  a  roaring  Methodist,  and  this 
too,  after  referring  to  the  fact  that  during  the  war  I  did  not  have 
much  respect  for  the  rights  of  property,  and  that  since  the  war 
I  am  in  the  habit  of  prevaricating  a  little  upon  these  occasions. 
I  do  not  care  so  much  about  myself  as  I  do  about  the  Church, 
because  its  members  are  just  now  putting  up  a  new  Church 
building  here  and  this  announcement  of  the  Major's  may  possibly 
interfere  with  the  enterprise.  Sometimes,  as  good  a  Presbyter 
ian  as  the  Major,  gets  a  little  off  in  his  statements  when  patriotism 
runs  high.  But,  then,  in  his  case,  it  was  so  ordained,  while  with 
me,  I  can  make  a  proper  expiation  of  the  offense  by  the  exhibition 
of  a  contrite  spirit  and  being  born  over. 

His  charge,  however,  reminds  me  of  a  dream.  I  dreamed  I 
had  died  and  that  there  stood  a  ladder  reaching  to  the  entrance 
of  the  other  world.  Saint  Peter  stood  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder 
and  around  him  were  huge  boxes ;  he  opened  one  as  I  approached, 
and  taking  a  package  of  chalk  out  of  it,  handed  it  to  me  saying, 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  2O? 

"Foote,  you  used  to  have  some  cunning  tricks  about  you  in 
the  other  world.  Now,  as  an  atonement,  you  have  got  to 
make  a  cross  upon  each  round  of  that  ladder,  as  you  climb 
towards  the  pearly  gate,  for  every  story  that  you  ever  told, 
I  started  up,  after  getting  on  a  couple  of  miles  or  more,  I  heard 
a  sound  above  me  and  upon  looking  up  I  saw  it  was  the  Major, 
I  said  to  him,  "What  in  the  world  are  you  coming  back  for?"  He 
replied,  "I'm  coming  down  after  more  chalk." 

But  seriously,  Comrades,  I  want  to  extend  to  you  a  most  cordial 
welcome.  The  liberty  of  the  town  is  yours  while  we  hold  you 
with  outstretched  arms. 

I  want  to  remind  you  that  you  are  here  in  this  quiet  little 
village  which  had  its  birth  just  one  hundred  years  ago.  It  got 
out  of  its  swaddling  clothes,  passed  successfully  its  teething 
period,  and  held  up  its  head  as  quite  a  youngster  fifty  years  before 
the  sound  of  fife  and  drum  was  heard  upon  its  streets  early  in 
April,  1 86 1. 

I  want  also  to  remind  you  that  we  are  pretty  well  up  in  the 
world.  We  are  a  mountain  town,  stuck  in  here  between  these 
everlasting  hills,  1400  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  and  being 
a  little  nearer  the  eternal  city  than  some  of  our  neighbors,  we 
naturally  feel  somewhat  more  elevated  than  they  do;  this  advan 
tage  of  location  may  possibly  account  for  the  intense  morality  of 
our  people. 

This  town  has  been  the  habitation  of  men  who  have  rendered 
conspicuous  service  not  only  in  military,  but  in  civil  life.  Genius, 
as  well  as  patriotism,  are  both  products  of  our  municipality.  One 
of  our  citizens,  Judge  Williams,  has  adorned  the  bench  of  the 
highest  court  of  the  State.  Another  townsman,  Comrade  Stone, 
of  Company  "A,"  has  been  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  this  imperial 
Commonwealth,  while  others  have  served  with  distinction  in  both 
Houses  of  Congress  and  in  each  branch  of  the  Legislature,  and 
in  the  Departments  of  our  State  Government. 

When  I  consider  the  names  of  some  of  our  people  who  have 
served  their  country  in  military  life,  I  call  to  mind  Major  Mer- 
rick  and  Captain  Webb,  of  our  Regiment;  Colonel  Niles  and 
Lieutenants  Truman  and  Morgan,  of  the  Bucktails ;  Captain  Hills 
and  Lieutenants  Smith  and  Hoag,  of  the  45th ;  Carl,  of  the  Re- 


208  HISTORY  OF    iS/TH    8EGIMENT 

serves ;  Captain  Sofield,  of  the  I49th ;  and  General  Cox,  and 
Lieutenant  Karr,  of  the  2O7th,  and  there  are  others  whose  names 
I  cannot  now  recall.  The  heroic  sacrifice  of  these  men  will  adorn 
the  pages  of  our  Nation's  history  as  long  as  the  Republic  endures. 

Company  A  ,  and  a  part  of  Company  I,  of  the  regiment  were 
enlisted  here.  In  that  terrible  campaign  before  Petersburg  dur 
ing  the  Summer  of  1864,  Company  A  lost  six  of  its  men  who 
were  killed ;  nine  others  who  died  of  wounds ;  six  who  died  of  dis 
ease  contracted  there;  besides  ten  more  who  received  honorable 
wounds ;  and  when  it  is  considered  that  not  to  exceed  sixty-five 
men  of  the  Company  answered  to  roll-call  on  the  i8th  day  of 
June,  and  that  this  same  rate  of  casualties  extended  to  every  Com 
pany  in  the  Regiment,  we  believe  that  we  are  entitled  to  hon 
orable  mention  in  that  historic  campaign,  and  I  take  this  oppor 
tunity  to  make  these  statements  in  order  to  refute  the  impression 
that  the  Regiment  did  nothing  but  State  service. 

But  I  have  already  taken  too  much  of  your  time  in  trying  to 
entertain  you.  Stone,  and  several  others  are  waiting  to  tell  you 
a  lot  of  things  about  the  war,  some  of  which  never  happened 
till  long  after  Lee  surrendered.  The  Governor  may  incidentally 
refer  to  some  of  my  capers,  and  he  may  so  far  forget  himself  as 
to  remind  you  that  I  sometimes  resort  to  the  same  expedient  that 
he  does  in  order  to  make  up  a  speech.  He  told  the  good  and 
true  people  of  Wellsboro  at  the  centennial  the  other  day  that  I 
was  the  biggest  distorter  of  facts  in  the  county.  He  wouldn't 
have  dared  to  say  that  several  years  ago,  before  he  moved  to 
Pirtsburg,  because  no  one  would  have  believed  him. 

In  conclusion,  I  just  want  to  say  that  I'm  not  going  to  extol 
your  patriotism  or  remind  you  that  the  country  wouldn't  have 
been  saved  but  for  your  fighting  qualities.  You  did  not  come 
here  to  be  told  something  which  you  more  than  half  suspect  was 
true.  History  has  written  down  your  services,  and  it  is  said 
there  that  you  all  nobly  did  your  duty.  We  are  here  to  renew  the 
comradeship  which  sprang  up  almost  half  a  century  ago,  and 
which  was  christiened  with  blood  and  with  the  smoke  of  battle. 
"You  have  fought  a  good  fight,"  "You  have  kept  the  faith,"  and 
may  the  good  Lord  postpone  the  order  for  you  "To  finish  your 
course,"  as  long  as  He  conveniently  can. 


WILLIAM  R.  HOUSHOLDER,  COMPANY  D. 

Member    of    Executive    Committee,    Survivors'    Association. 


JAMES   DUNN,   COMPANY  E. 


H.   B.   WILKINSON.   COMPANY   E. 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  E.  REILLEY,  COMPANY  F. 


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CHAPTER  XXL 


BLAIN  AND  His  MULE." 
Written  by  Lewis  H.  Milner,  Company  B,  iSfth  Regiment  P.  V. 

In  the  Company  in  which  I 
served  during  the  war  was  a 
character  named  Blain,  and  I 
claim  he  was  the  only  true  and 
original  Blain.  Mark  Twain  in 
his  "Roughing  It,"  tells  of  a 
fellow  by  the  name  of  Jim  Blain, 
and  there  is  a  picture  of  him 
seated  on  an  old  powder  keg, 
telling  his  story  of  the  old  ram, 
and  he  claims  that  was  the  origi 
nal  Blain.  But  I  expect  to  prove 
that  the  Blain  that  I  speak  of 
was  ahead  of  him  in  more  ways  than  one. 

Bill  Blain,  of  Company  B,  was  rather  good  looking,  with 
fine  features,  jet  black  hair  and  eyes,  a  well  drilled  man,  very  neat 
and  clean  in  person,  a  first-rate  cook  and  most  terribly  addicted 
to  profanity.  I  think  that  when  he  was  young  and  active  he 
could  out-swear  any  man  it  has  ever  been  my  lot  to  listen  to.  On 
more  than  one  occasion  I  have  seen  a  Regiment  of  soldiers  stand 
mute  and  speechless  while  Blain  told  them  in  strong  language 
what  he  thought  of  them,  and  when  he  had  cowed  them  down  so 
that  none  of  them  would  talk  back,  he  would  turn  away  laughing 
and  say,  he  was  only  in  fun  and  did  not  mean  it. 

Blain's  bunk  mate,  Brooks,  was  a  little  lazy  and  would  lie  in 
the  tent  and  let  him  do  all  the  cooking.  Blain  said  Brooks  was 
too  dirty  to  cook,  and  would  never  wash  his  dishes,  which  Blain 
would  always  do  if  he  could  get  water  enough.  This  idea  of 
washing  dishes  had  never  occurred  to  any  of  the  rest,  and  it 

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214  HISTORY  OF  l87TH  REGIMENT 

made  us  think  Blain  a  little  "stuck  up."  On  the  i8th  of  June, 
1864,  Brooks  was  badly  wounded  and  Blain  had  to  hunt  up 
another  partner.  Of  course,  being  a  good  cook,  he  had  numer 
ous  applicants  for  the  position,  but  any  hint  from  any  one  that 
they  would  like  to  go  in  with  him,  only  drew  torrents  of  pro 
fanity  from  him.  At  last  he  found  a  partner  to  suit  him,  and 
every  thing  went  on  swimmingly,  but  did  not  stop  the  profanity. 
Now  for  the  mule.  Some  place  on  the  Chickahominy  River,  I 
think,  the  coffee  coolers  picked  up  an  old  mule.  He  was  not  a 
U.  S.  mule,  but  an  old  Virginia  mule. 

He  would  have  been  perfectly  white  with  age  if  the  dirt  had 
been  cleaned  off  him,  but  that  was  an  impossibility.  I  do  not 
think,  if  the  Fifth  Corps  had  been  armed  with  curry  combs,  they 
could  have  curried  that  mule.  How  the  coffee  coolers  ever  got 
their  baggage  on  the  mule,  I  never  knew.  When  we  would  com 
mence  breaking  camp,  they  would  start  the  mule  to  kicking  by 
trying  to  put  the  pack  on  his  back,  but  I  never  saw  them  finish  it. 
We  would  be  out  of  sight  long  before  they  got  everything  on  him. 
When  we  would  camp,  they  would  come  up  after  awhile  with  a 
pack  as  big  as  a  Saratoga  trunk  on  the  mule,  and  a  coffee  cooler 
perched  on  top  of  it.  When  loaded,  the  mule  would  go  along 
with  a  gait,  very  much  like  a  camel,  his  head  down,  biting  at 
every  bush  and  bit  of  grass  he  could  see ;  one  ear  turned  straight 
forward,  and  the  other  back  along  his  neck,  and  one  eye  looking 
back  between  his  legs  to  see  if  anything  was  approaching  his 
rear.  In  the  Company  was  a  raw  German  by  the  name  of 
Johannas,  who,  unlike  any  other  German  soldier  I  ever  knew, 
was  very  cowardly.  He  was  in  constant  dread  of  being  killed 
and  tried  every  way  he  could  to  get  sent  to  the  hospital.  He 
went  to  the  Doctor  every  day,  and  tried  every  excuse  he  could 
invent  to  get  the  Doctor  to  order  him  to  the  hospital.  He  even 
tried  to  get  the  Captain  to  give  him  a  furlough.  One  day  a 
thought  struck  him,  he  deliberately  walked  up  behind  the  old 
mule  and  shook  his  haversack — that  was  enough — there  was  a 
pass  to  the  hospital  and  a  furlough  to  boot  in  that  maneuver. 
The  mule  kicked  once.  As  soon  as  Johannas  got  breath  to  get 
up  and  speak,  he  rushed  to  the  Captain,  with  both  hands  on  his 


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stomach,  and  gasped,  "O  Captain !  Captain !  The  moole  havva 
me  kicked!  Send  me  to  the  hospital!"  The  Captain  promptly 
gave  him  a  square  cursing  and  sent  him  to  the  hospital,  and  we 
never  saw  him  again  for  six  months.  There  was  a  standing 
debate  among  the  boys  with  regard  to  the  age  of  the  mule,  some 
of  the  boys  asserting  that  he  had  been  in  Noah's  Ark,  but  Keister, 
who  was  well  versed  in  history,  both  sacred  and  profane  (his 
father  being  a  minister  of  the  gospel),  said  there  were  no  mules 
in  the  Ark,  at  best,  that  one  could  not  have  been  there,  as  he 
would  have  kicked  the  bottom  out  of  it,  and  the  human  family 
would  have  perished  from  the  face  of  the  earth.  One  day  while 
the  mule  was  tied  to  an  old  breastwork,  Keister  got  a  musket 
with  a  bayonet  on  it,  and  getting  on  the  opposite  side  for  safety, 
pried  open  its  mouth  to  examine  its  teeth.  After  careful  inspec 
tion,  he  said  the  marks  of  age  had  all  left  its  teeth,  and  as  the 
marks  leave  a  mule's  teeth  at  ninety-one,  there  was  no  way  of 
telling  its  age.  He  said  that  the  mule  had  probably  hauled  tim 
ber  to  build  Jamestown,  the  first  settlement  in  Virginia,  and  that 
Pocahontas  had  probably  gazed  on  that  very  mule.  Keister 
then  favored  the  boys  with  a  scientific  lecture  on  the  mule,  and 
among  other  things,  said  the  true  name  of  the  mule  was  "Mulus 
Natrix,"  and  was  so  named  by  Tinnaeus,  a  celebrated  naturalist, 
who  lived  some  hundreds  of  years  ago,  and  who  was  the  original 
inventor  of  the  mule.  When  asked  what  "Mulus  Natrix"  meant, 
he  said  it  was  Latin,  and  for  an  ignoramus  not  to  ask  foolish 
questions. 

On  the  i8th  of  August,  1864,  the  Fifth  Corps  was  sent  to 
take  and  hold  the  Weldon  Railroad,  and  for  several  days  we  had 
severe  fighting,  and  as  we  were  in  the  front  line,  of  course,  the 
coffee  coolers'  mule  and  officers'  provisions  were  far  in  the  rear. 
For  a  couple  of  days  the  boys  divided  with  the  officers,  and  then 
the  Captain  asked  who  would  volunteer  to  go  to  the  rear,  find  the 
cooks,  cook  him  something  to  eat,  and  bring  it  to  the  front.  No 
one  volunteered,  and  knowing  Blain's  great  ability  as  a  cook,  the 
Captain  finally  ordered  him  to  go.  After  a  considerable  time, 
Blain  came  back  bringing  a  "Good  square  meal,"  which  was 
greatly  enjoyed  by  the  officers.  Blain  said  that  he  had  to  search 


2l6  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

over  a  square  mile  of  woods  to  find  the  coffee  coolers,  but  when 
he  did  find  them  he  gave  them  the  best  cursing  they  had  gotten 
for  some  time.  We  all  believed  that,  as  we  know  his  matchless 
ability  in  that  line.  While  the  firing  lasted,  it  was  Blain's  duty 
to  go  to  the  rear  and  cook  the  officers'  rations.  Not  a  pleasant 
pastime,  as  it  was  extremely  dangerous  going  back  and  forth  in 
range  of  the  sharpshooters.  After  about  a  week  the  Rebels  con 
cluded  to  leave  us  in  peaceable  possession  of  the  railroad  and  the 
Captain  ordered  Blain  to  take  charge  of  the  mule  and  do  the 
cooking  for  himself  and  the  Lieutenant.  Staying  back  in  the 
woods  did  not  suit  Blain,  so  he  moved  his  camp  up  front  and 
tied  the  mule  to  an  old  breastwork  and  then  the  circus  com 
menced.  Blain  could  not  draw  forage  for  his  mule,  so  he  had 
to  go  on  plundering  expeditions.  He  would  ride  up  near  a 
wagon  train  or  Battery  of  Artillery  while  the  horses  were  eat 
ing  and  take  the  bridle  off  the  mule.  That  was  enough.  That 
mule  would  just  walk  in  among  the  horses,  kick  one  one  way, 
and  another  another  way  and  then  proceed  to  eat  their  feed,  and 
it  was  impossible  for  the  teamsters  to  drive  it  away  until  Blain 
put  in  an  appearance,  which  he  never  did  as  long  as  he  could 
help  it.  I  remember  on  one  occasion  seeing  the  mule  walk  in 
among  the  horses  of  Battery  B,  First  Pennsylvania  Artilly,  and 
begin  to  eat  their  feed.  The  artilleryman  who  was  on  guard 
with  a  saber  charged  the  mule,  but  was  met  half  way  and  com 
pelled  to  fall  back.  The  mule  rushed  at  him  with  open  mouth 
till  it  was  within  kicking  distance  when  it  suddenly  wheeled 
around  and  backing  rapidly  toward  the  man,  commenced  to  kick, 
causing  the  guard  to  fall  back  in  disorder.  I  could  hear  the 
vicious  "flip,"  "flip,"  "flip,"  of  his  heels,  while  the  man  dodged 
around  things  to  get  out  of  his  way.  The  man  then  got  a  pistol 
and  swore  that  he  would  shoot  the  mule,  but  just  then  Blain 
came  up  and  then  to  hear  the  profanity!  All  the  men  who  be 
longed  to  the  battery  turned  out  to  help  their  man  to  swear,  but 
they  were  no  match  for  Blain.  He  swore  till  all  of  them  stood 
like  wooden  men  and  never  said  a  word.  Blain  came  back  lead 
ing  the  mule  and  laughing.  As  he  tied  it  to  the  breastwork,  I 
heard  him  say,  "Dast  it,  that  is  the  way  to  get  feed  for  the  mule. 


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They  don't  come  it  over  Blain;  not  much."  On  another  occasion 
the  mule  went  to  the  camp  of  the  Brigade  Pioneers  who  had  two 
mules,  and  deliberately  walking  in  between  them,  kicking  one 
then  the  other  away  from  his  feed,  commenced  to  eat.  One  of 
the  Pioneers  tried  to  drive  him  away,  .but  got  cleaned  up  in 
stantly.  Then  all  of  them  got  poles  and  charged  at  once,  but 
that  was  a  failure.  The  mule  began  kicking  in  earnest,  and  the 
Pioneers  fell  back,  thoroughly  demoralized.  One  of  them  came 
running  down  to  the  Regiment  to  get  a  musket  to  shoot  the  mule, 
but  about  that  time  Blain  appeared  on  the  scene  and  got  in  his 
work. 

He  began  to  swear  as  usual.  The  Pioneers  dried  up  at  once 
and  after  the  mule  had  eaten  all  the  feed,  Blain  led  him  away. 
Blain  would  often  take  long  rides  on  the  mule,  and  if  any  one 
asked  him  where  he  had  been,  he  would  most  likely  say  that  he 
had  been  inspecting  the  lines  or  that  General  Grant  had  sent  for 
him  to  have  a  council  of  war.  I  have  seen  him  ride  up  to  a  Regi 
ment  he  never  saw  before,  and  commence,  "Why  in  the  Blank, 
Blanknation,  don't  you  turn  out  and  present  arms  when  you  see  the 
General  of  the  army  coming."  And  when  they  were  ready  to 
listen  to  him  in  mute  astonishment,  he  would  ride  away  for 
some  one  else  to  blow  up.  One  day  while  he  was  tying  the 
mule  to  the  breastworks,  I  picked  up  an  old  wagon  wheel,  which 
was  lying  near  camp  and  called  to  him  to  look  out  as  I  intended  to 
roll  it  against  the  mule  and  make  him  kick.  "Blank,  blanknation 
to  you,"  says  Blain,  "if  you  do  I  will  thrash  you  within  an  inch 
of  your  life.  I  will  not  leave  enough  of  you  to  fry  a  hard  tack 
with."  And  there  was  much  more  of  the  same  sort  coming ;  but 
the  impulse  to  roll  the  wheel  was  too  great,  and  roll  it  I  did 
before  Blain  got  away  from  the  mule.  It  began  to  kick  before 
the  wheel  reached  it.  Kicked  both  feet  through  the  spokes  of 
the  wheel,  fell  down  and  got  up  kicking.  All  the  men  in  the 
Regiment  who  saw  it,  roaring  and  laughing,  and  in  the  midst 
of  it,  Blain's  profanity  could  be  heard.  I  did  not  stay  to  see  the 
wind  up  of  it,  but  concluded  to  go  and  visit  the  boys  in  the  2ist 
Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  with  whom  I  was  acquainted  and  let 
Blain  cool  off.  When  I  came  back  he  was  in  a  good  humor  and 
soon  forgave  me. 


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HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 


Late  in  the  Fall  our  Regiment  was  ordered  to  Philadelphia. 
We  started  for  City  Point,  Blain  and  the  mule  bringing  up  the 
rear.  At  City  Point  we  were  to  take  a  steamboat  for  Washing 
ton  and  the  question  came  up  what  to  do  with  the  mule,  but  Blain 
soon  settled  that.  He  took  it  to  a  sutler  and  traded  it  for  a 
watermelon.  He  deliberately  sat  down  in  the  midst  of  the  whole 
Company  and  ate  all  of  it.  I  think  every  man  in  the  Company 
asked  him  for  a  piece,  but  invariably  got  the  same  answer :  "Not 
enough  to  divide ;  go  to  thunder  and  get  your  own  watermelon." 

The  next  day  as  we  lay  idly  on  the  deck  of  the  steamboat, 
crossing  the  Cheapeake  Bay,  Blain  unbuckled  an  old  army  spur 
from  his  heel  and  turning  to  me  said,  "Say,  Milner,  do  you  want 
this  spur  to  remember  the  old  mule  by?  Golly,  that  was  a  good 
watermelon!"  We  call  him  "Old  Blain"  now.  His  once  jet 
black  beard  is  turning  gray,  and  he  still  will  use  "untheological" 
language  on  slight  provocation,  and  I  still  have  the  spur  to  re 
member  the  old  mule. 


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CHAPTER  XXII. 


A  COMPLETE  ROSTER  OF  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  i87TH  REGIMENT, 

P.  V.  I. 

NAME.  DATE  OF  RANK. 

COLONEL  JOHN  S.  SCHULTZE,  April  i,  1864. 

COLONEL  JOHN  E.  PARSONS, May  6,  1865. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  JOSEPH  F.  RAMSEY, July  9,  1863. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  JOHN  E.  PARSONS, January  27,  1865. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONEL  JOSEPH  A.  EGE, May  6,  1865. 

MAJOR  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK, February  28,  1864. 

MAJOR  DAVID  Z.  SEIP, May  6,  1865. 

ADJUTANT  THOMAS  E.  LITTLE,  July  9,  1863. 

ADJUTANT  JEROME  W.  HENRY, May  12,  1864. 

QUARTERMASTER  MATTHEW  McCALL,  January  27,  1864. 

SURGEON  JAMES  P.  WILSON, April  14,  1864. 

SURGEON  JOHN  C.  FRUIT,  July  19,  1864. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEON  JOSHUA  R.  HAYS, July  24,  1863. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEON  W.  W.  WEBB, April  15,  1864. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEON  THEODORE  JACOBS, October  27,  1864. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEON  JAMES  T.  MAHON,  January  4,  1865. 

COMPANY  A. 

CAPTAIN  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK,  March  18,  1864. 

CAPTAIN  MORGAN  HART, March  22,  1864. 

CAPTAIN  ROBERT  YOUNG,  May  10,  1865. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  ROBERT  YOUNG, February  18,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  TIMOTHY  B.  CULVER, March  10,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  GERAULD  DENNISON, April  13,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  TIMOTHY  B.  CULVER,.  .September  3,  1864. 
SECOND  LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  A.  STONE, March  10,  1865. 


22O  HISTORY   OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

COMPANY  B. 

CAPTAIN  DAVID  Z.  SEIP, January  27,  1864. 

CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  I.  ADAMS, May  10,   1865. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  SAMUEL  I.  ADAMS, January  27,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  V.  TORBERT, May  10,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  JONATHAN  J.  JESSUP,.  January  27,  1864. 
SECOND  LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  V.  TORBERT, .  .September  7,  1864. 
SECOND  LIEUTENANT  SAMUEL  C.  ILGENFRITZ, May  i,  1865. 

COMPANY  C. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  YOUNG, July  9,   1863. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  ORVILLE  D.  HARDER, July  9,  1863. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  JAMES  E.  JOHNSON, April  12,  1864. 

COMPANY  D. 

CAPTAIN  JOSEPH  A.  EGE, July  13,  1863. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE, May  i,  1865. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE, February  4,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  JOHN  S.  GORE, May  i,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  JOHN  S.  GORE, February  7,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  FRANK  BEST, May  i,  1865. 

COMPANY  E. 

CAPTAIN  CHARLES  A.  THOMAS, January  27,   1864. 

CAPTAIN  FREDERICK  B.  ARGUE, April  18,  1865. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  HENRY  V.  CHRISTY, January  27,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  FREDERICK  V.  ARGUE, July  26,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  JAMES  SLEMNER, April  18,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  FREDERICK  B.  ARGUE,  ..  January  27,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  JAMES  SLEMNER,. July  26,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  EDWARD  STEEL, April  18,  1865. 

COMPANY  F. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  BARR, .August  4,  1863. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  E.  REILLY, September  7,  1864. 


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FIRST  LIEUTENANT  JOHN  E.  REILLY, July  9,  1863. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  SAMUEL  B.  MCCAHEN,.  .September  7,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  PAUL  E.  COWPER, June  6,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  ABRAHAM  J.  RUPP, May  17,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  PAUL  E.  COWPER,  ....  September  7,  1864. 
SECOND  LIEUTENANT  GIDEON  W.  MYERS, June  6,  1865. 

COMPANY  G. 

CAPTAIN  W.  HENRIE  CARLIN, April  8,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  FRANK  J.  DEEMER, April  8,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  MILES  M.  BRADFORD, April  8,  1864. 

COMPANY  H. 

CAPTAIN  C.  WESLEY  MUTCHLER, April  13,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  Lucius  H.  OLMSTEAD, April  13,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  CHARLES  H.  FURESTINE, May  6,  1865. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  DANIEL  KELLER, April  13,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  CHARLES  H.  FURESTINE, .. March  i,  1865. 
SECOND  LIEUTENANT  PORTER  SQUIRES, May  6,  1865. 

COMPANY  I. 

CAPTAIN  THOMAS  E.  LITTLE,   April  n,  1864. 

CAPTAIN  RANSFORD  B.  WEBB,  September  24,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  SILAS  B.  CARMER, April  n,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  MONROE  P.  CROSBY,.  . .  .September  24,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  RANSFORD  B.  WEBB, April  n,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  HARRY  I.  ZINN, February  24,  1865. 

COMPANY  K. 

CAPTAIN  GEORGE  G.  LOVETT, April  12,  1864. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT  ALEXANDER  BLACKBURN,.  . .  .April  12,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  WALTER  LACKEY, April  12,  1864. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  L.  WALKER,.  .December  19,  1864. 


222  HISTORY  OF    iS/TH   REGIMENT 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  iS/TH  REGIMENT,  P.  V.  L,  LIVING 

THIRTY-NINE  YEARS  FROM  THE  DATE  OF  DISCHARGE, 

AUGUST  3,  1865. 


FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

COLONEL  JOHN  E.  PARSONS, Toledo,  Ohio. 

MAJOR  GEORGE  W.  MERRICK, Wellsboro,  Pa. 

MAJOR  DAVID  Z.  SEIP,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

QUARTERMASTER  MATTHEW  McCALL,  York,  Pa. 

ASSISTANT  SURGEON  THEODORE  JACOBS, Norristown,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  MAJOR  DOUGLAS  H.  JAY, Scranton,  Pa. 

COMPANY  A. 

CAPTAIN  ROBERT  YOUNG, Troy,  Pa. 

LIEUTENANT  TIMOTHY  B.  CULVER, Round  Top,  Pa. 

LIEUTENANT  WILLIAM  A.  STONE, Pitts-burg,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  E.  A.  CARIEL,  Cuthage,  Iowa. 

CORPORAL  JAMES  W.  HANCOCK,   Westfield,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  JOHN  W.  ENGLISH, Wellsboro,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  HENRY  M.  FOOT,  Washington,  D.  C. 

MUSICIAN  HENRY  HIPPLE, Fresno,  Cal. 

Privates. 

PHILANDER  BOCKUS,    Wellsboro,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  BLISS,  Round  Top,  Pa. 

JOHN  L.  BOATMAN,  Stony  Fork,  Pa. 

NORMAN  BELLINGER,   Wellsboro,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  J.  BELL,  Lenox,  Pa. 

JOHN  CARPENTER,   Round  Top,  Pa. 

JAMES  DONOVAN,  George,  Lyons  Co.,  Iowa. 

WILLIAM  E.  DALES,   Balsam,  Pa. 

ROBERT  FRANCES,    Kennedy,   Pa. 

JUDSON  J.  HALL,  „ East  Charleston,  Pa. 

EDWARD  HANVILLE,   Chemung  Center,  N.  Y. 

JOHN  JACKSON,   Wellsboro,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  KRINER,    Wellsboro,  Pa. 

HUGH  McGROGAN,    Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  223 

ANDREW  J.  PUTNAM,  Stony  Fork,  Pa. 

HENRY  C.  ROOT,   Topeka,  Kans. 

DANIEL  W.  RUGGLES,   Gains,  Pa. 

WESLEY  SAXBURY,    Wellsboro,  Pa. 

CLIFTON  TIPPLE,  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  W.  TRULL,   Blossburg,  Pa. 

DANIEL  W.  WILSON,   Wellsboro,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  T.  WILCOX,  Stony  Fork,  Pa. 

FRANCES  M.  MULLINS, Marinette,  Wis. 

DENISON  JEROLD,    Wellsboro,  Pa. 

OTIS  L.  ATHERTON,   Topeka,  Kans. 

JOHN  E.  HENRY,    Wellsboro,   Pa. 

S.  S.  STEEL, Turtle  Point,  Pa. 

WILIS  J.  PEAK, Dubois,  Neb.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2. 

COMPANY  B. 

LIEUTENANT  JONATHAN  J.  JESSUP,  York,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  THOMAS  J.  RUPERT, Baltimore,  Md. 

CORPORAL  GEORGE  K.  GROVE, New  Cumberland,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  JOHN  J.  HESS,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  CORNELIUS  AMICK,  York  Co.,  Pa. 

Privates. 

HENRY  GABLE,   York,  Pa. 

W.  H.  NAUSS, R.  F.  D.,  No.  4,  Mechanicsburg,  Pa. 

ANDREW  ANDERSON,   Bryansville,  Pa. 

JACOB  CRONE,   Etters,  Pa. 

CHARLES  LEHMAN, Nat.  S.  and  S.  Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

HENRY  GILBERT,   Craleysville,  Pa. 

H.  H.  SPRENKLE, Lisburn,  Pa. 

OTTO  STEININGER,  York,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  ARMPRIESTER,   York,  Pa. 

GEORGE  BERKHEIMER,  York,  Pa. 

J.  K.  P.  FULTON,  York,  Pa. 

J.  F.  HEIDLER,   York,  Pa. 

Q.  H.  LLOYD,   York,  Pa. 


224  HISTORY  OF  l87TH  REGIMENT 

M.  B.  REYNOLDS, Gatshalville,  Pa, 

WILIAM  H.  HAMILTON,   Gatshalville,  Pa. 

JOHN  CAMPBELL,   Red  Lyon,  York  Co.,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  BLAIN, Fawn  Grove,  York  Co.,  Pa. 

COMPANY  C. 

CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  YOUNG, Washington,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  SETH  K.  SHARPLESS, Larimer,  Kansas. 

CORPORAL  HUGH  P.  LIBHART,   Newton,  Kansas. 

CORPORAL  WILLIAM  E.  MOHER, Muncy,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  JAMES  B.  FORREST, Lewisburg,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  CHARLES  P.  HARDER, Danville,  Pa. 

Privates. 

ARTHUR  F.  ALWARD,  Bellwood,  Pa. 

BENTON  B.  BROWN,  Danville,  Pa. 

JOHN  R.  BEATTY,  Danville,  Pa. 

CHARLES  S.  BEAVER, Jacksonville,  Florida. 

NELSON  B.  CASE, Havre-de-Grace,  Md. 

JOHN  C.  DEVINE, Johnstown,  Pa. 

JAMES  S.  EASTON, New  Lenox,  111. 

CHARLES  R.  FUNSTON,  Laporte,  Pa. 

OSMAN  FURHMAN,   Independence,  Ohio. 

JOSEPH  L.  FRAME, Danville,  Pa. 

JAMES  H.  GIBBONS, Northumberland,  Pa. 

JAMES  M.  GIBBS,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  F.  HULLIHEN,  Danville,  Pa. 

JOHN  ICKUS,   Danville,  Pa. 

GEORGE  W.  JACKSON,   Danville,  Pa. 

THOMAS  P.  MORGAN, Jersey  Shore,  Pa. 

OSCAR  G.  MELLIN, Danville,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  NASH, Mitchell,  S.  D. 

IRVIN  T.  PATTON,   Danville,  Pa. 

PETER  M.  REED,  Genoa,  111. 

JOHN  E.  ROBERTS, Danville,  Pa. 

WARREN  M.  RIDGWAY,  Washington,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  225 

JOHN  J.  RODERICK,  Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 

JACOB  SLACK,    Danville,  Pa. 

JOHN  SECHLER,    Danville,   Pa. 

ISAAC  SNELL,   New  York. 

JOHN  WERTMAN,   Danville,  Pa. 

ELIJAH  WERTMAN,   Danville,  Pa. 

JAMES  D.  WARE,  Pullman,  111. 

JOHN  H.  WALLACE, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

COMPANY  D. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE, Lumberton,  N.  J. 

SERGEANT  WILLIAM  D.  RITNER, Washington,  D.  C. 

SERGEANT  R.  K.  ALLLISON, York,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  SAMUEL  BRICKER,  Washington,  D.  C. 

CORPORAL  JOHN  C.  THOMPSON,.  .  .Trenton,  Hitchcock  Co.,  Neb. 

CORPORAL  H.  A.  COBAUGH, Washington,  D.  C. 

CORPORAL  HENRY  C.  SHEARER, New  Bloomfield,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  WILLIAM  O.  TREGO,  Milton,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  FRANCIS  M.  STOKE, Hoguestown,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  AUG.  G.  KYLE, Newville,  Pa. 

Privates. 

SAMUEL  H.  C.  BIXLER,  Greencastle,  Pa. 

ANDREW  BIXLER, Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

WILLIAM  H.  BURTNETT, Landisburg,  Pa. 

EDWARD  V.  CALDWELL, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

JOHN  M.  FAUGHENDER,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  H.  FAUGHENDER,  . . . . Grandview,  Douglas  Co.,  S.  D. 

JONATHAN  E.  FERREE,  Newville,  Pa. 

BENJAMIN  HENRY, Newville,  Pa. 

ABRAHAM  HENRY,  Newville,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  R.  HOUSEHOLDER, Washington,  D.  C. 

ALEX.  KENNEDY,  Bloserville,  Pa. 

DANIEL  H.  MCLAUGHLIN,  Newville,  Pa. 

ROBERT  M.  McKEEHAN, Mount  Rock,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  MORRIS,  Landisburg,  Pa. 


226  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

WILLIAM  I.  NORTH,  Newville,  Pa. 

FREDERICK  K.  PLOYER, Mechanicsburg,  Pa. 

DAVID  G.  REINHART, ' Big  Springs,  Pa. 

WILSON  SMITH, Smithville,  Pa. 

LEVI  STAYER,   Newville,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  H.  W.  UMHOLTZ, Landisburg,  Pa. 

HENRY  A.  WOLF,  Greason,  Pa. 

SEIBERT  McCREA,   Harrisburg,  Pa. 

COMPANY  E. 

SERGEANT  SALEN  C.  KRISHER,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  WILLIAM  STEWART,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Privates. 

PHIL.  S.  MAGER,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

JAMES  DUNN, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  RUMFORD,  Norristown,  Pa. 

H.  B.  WILKINSON,   Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  HORN,  Burlington,  N.  J. 

WILLIAM  NAYLOR, Asbury  Park,  N.  J. 

C.  SCHRIVER, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

THOMAS  LAUGHLIN,  Stewart,  Iowa. 

BENJAMIN  F.  KRISHER, R.  F.  D.,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


COMPANY  F. 

CAPTAIN  JOHN  E.  REILLY,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  EUGENE  LENHART, Berwick,  Pa 

Privates. 

JOHN  W.  EVERHART, Steelton,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  C.  PURCELL, Williamsport,  Pa. 

LEWIS  RODENHOFFER,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

J.  FRANK  SNOW,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

GEORGE  SNEER, S.  and  S.  Home,  Hampton,  Va. 

PHILIP  SAXER,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  227 

COMPANY  G. 

LIEUTENANT  FRANK  J.  DEEMER, Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  ALBERT  SIMSON, Bradford,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  JOHN  S.  JENKINS, Pittston,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  LEVI  BENETT, Waymart,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  DAVID  W.  COPELAND, Blue  Springs,  Kansas. 

CORPORAL  WILLIAM  WEBBER, Avoca,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  WILLIAM  C.  DAILEY, West  Nanticoke,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  JOHN  Z.  JONES,  Scranton,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  FRANK  STANTON, Duryea,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  ALBERT  HATTON, Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

MUSICIAN  JAMES  W.  WHITMAN, Lindaville,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  CHARLES  HIMES,  Pittston,  Pa. 

Privates. 

AMOS.  H.  ADAMS, Chinchilla,  Pa. 

JOSEPH  BENNETT,  Waymart,  Pa. 

DAVID  W.  COPELAND, Blue  Springs,  Neb. 

ANDREW  J.  CLARK,  Scranton,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  M.  CLARK, Forrest  City,  Pa. 

SETH  A.  COBB, Factoryville,  Pa. 

LAFAYETTE  DAVIS, Athens,  Kansas. 

MOSES  DAVIS, Moscow,  Pa. 

A.  D.  DIMMICK, Onento,  N.  Y. 

ELIAS  DECKER, Gulf  Summit,  N.  Y. 

HENRY  FISK,   Nicholson,  Pa. 

JOHN  FELTZ,  Wyoming,  Pa. 

MARTIN  V.  KENNEDY, Glenwood,  Pa. 

JOHN  LAFRANCE,  Scranton,  Pa. 

SIDNEY  MILLER, Scranton,  Pa. 

HENRY  W.  MILLER,  Keewanee,  111. 

GEORGE  MAKELY, Madisonville,  Pa. 

STEPHEN  MOONEY,   Scranton,  Pa. 

CYRUS  D.  MILLARD, Nicholson,  Pa. 

BYRON  MCDONALD,  Glenwood,  Pa. 

MINOR  NAUGLE,  Espy,  Pa. 


228  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

FRANCIS  W.  PAYNE,  Hopbottom,  Pa. 

NORMAN  D.  REIBER,  West  Nicholson,  Pa. 

JOHN  KENDREW, Phillipsburg,  Kansas. 

PERRY  ROSENGRANT,  Glenwood,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  R.  SARFER, Frytown,  Pa. 

THOMAS  M.  STEWART, Scranton,  Pa. 

B.  P.  SEARS,  Peckville,  Pa. 

PETER  SINGLE,  Dunmore,  Pa. 

MILTON  TAYLOR,  Peckville,  Pa. 

DAVID  R.  LOOKER, Merrill,  Iowa. 

MICHAEL  WALTERS,  Halstead,  Pa. 

JOHN  W.  WHITE, Wisner,  Nebraska. 

GEORGE  YARRINGTON, East  Carbondale,  Pa. 

COMPANY  H. 

CAPTAIN  CHARLES  W.  MUTCHLER, Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

LIEUTENANT  CHARLES  F.  FEURESTINE, Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

LIEUTENANT  DANIEL  KELLER,.  .Nat.  S.  and  S.  Home,  Dayton,  O. 

CORPORAL  O.  E.  REYNOLDS, West  Nicholson,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  THOMAS  B.  McCoRD, Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Privates. 

SAMUEL  L.  IRELEY,    Middletown,  Pa. 

BENJAMIN  HIPPLE,   Harrisburg,  Pa. 

E.  B.  WHITNEY,   Hopbottom,  Pa. 

RUFUS  CONRADE,   Glenwood,  Pa. 

JOHN  ALLAN, Susquehanna,  Pa. 

GEORGE  NICHOLS,  Nicholson,  Pa. 

GEORGE  W.  CANTERBERY,  Scranton,  Pa. 

A.  G.  REYNOLDS, West  Nicholson,  Pa. 

JOHN  WOY,   Johnstown,  Pa. 

W.  N.  REYNOLDS, Tunkhannock,  Pa. 

JOHN  BERKEY, Johnstown,  Pa. 

HENRY  LEHMAN, Hooversville,  Pa. 

CHARLES  SHANK,   Shanksville,  Pa. 

JOHN  REAM, Shanksville,  Pa. 


i    FRANK   SNOW   AND   GEORGE   W.    SNEER. 
2  SERGT.  GIDEON  W.  MYERS  AND  CORP.  EUGENE  LENHART. 

3  FRANK  SNOW.    4  CORP.  EUGENE  LENHART. 
5  CORP.  EUGENE  LENHART,  COMPANY  F,  AND  ISAAC  SNELL. 

COMPANY  C. 


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f  OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY 

of 


i    CAPT.   W.   HENRY   CARLIN.    2   LIEUT.    FRANK   I.   DEEMER. 
CAPTAIN  CARUN.    LIEUTENANT  DEEMER. 

COMPANY  G. 


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SERGT.  GEORGE  A.  WALCOTT.       2  SERGT.  STEPHEN  M.  WHITBECK. 
3  SERGT.  JOHN  S.  JENKINS.    4  CORP.  JOHN  MONTGOMERY. 
5  JOHN  W.  WHITE.    6  JOHN   S.  JENKINS. 
COMPANY  G. 


i  MINER  NAUGLE,  COMPANY  G. 
2  THOMAS  B.  McCORD,  COMPANY  H. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  233 

ROMANUS  BALDWIN,  ( Shanksville,  Pa. 

FRANK  FINNECY, Shanksville,  Pa. 

HERMAN  LAPE,  Berlin,  Pa. 


COMPANY  I. 

CAPTAIN  RANSFORD  B.  WEBB, Wellsboro,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  MERRITT  J.  COLE,  Windham,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  GEORGE  W.  RICE, St.  Paul,  Min. 

CORPORAL  BENJAMIN  F.  McKiNNEY,  Sayer,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  MELVIN  R.  HEATH, Athens,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  SPENCER  CRITTENDEN, Wellsboro,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  ALBERT  F.  PACKARD,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Privates. 

AARON  M.  LANDIS,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

JACOB  KOHLER, Bowmansdale,  Pa. 

J.  P.  DECKARD, S.  and  S.  Home,  Erie,  Pa. 

GEORGE  W.  DIMMICK, Ansonia,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  T.  WALKER,  Oakville,  Pa. 

OSCAR  F.  GRADY,  Garfield,  Kansas. 

GEORGE  W.  GiGER, Mahanoy  City,  Pa. 

LEWIS  HASSEE,  Mahanoy  City,  Pa. 

OWAN  MAUK,   Allen  town,  Pa. 

THOMAS  L.  CARMER,   Athens,  Pa. 

CORNELIUS  HARSH,   Waverly,  N.  Y. 

WILLIAM  W.  MILLER, North  Rome,  Pa. 

THOMAS  LAYTON,  Ulster,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  BROWN,  Athens,  Pa. 

ANDREW  VANSICE, Athens,  Pa. 

N.  N.  MERRILL, Chathams  Run,  Pa. 

W.  H.  H.  LEWIS, Nat.  S.  and  S.  Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

ROBERT  M.  BOYLES, Harrisburg,  Pa. 

A.  B.  FORREST, Raleigh,  N.  C. 


234  HISTORY   OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

COMPANY  K. 

CAPTAIN  GEORGE  G.  LOVETT, Danville,  Pa. 

LIEUTENANT  GEORGE  S.  WALKER, Tioga,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  SAMUEL  HOOK,    Altoona,  Pa. 

SERGEANT  GEORGE  DOAN,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

SERGEANT  ISAAC  B.  BOWSER, Pa.  S.  and  S.  Home,  Erie,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  PHILIP  GERMAN,  Mountdale,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  JAY  WHITEHEAD,  Canton,  Pa. 

CORPORAL  DEWITT  C.  JOHNSON, Lock  Haven,  Pa. 

MUSICIAN  SAMUEL  LOWRY, Lock  Haven,  Pa. 

Privates. 

B.  F.  MYERS, Mountaindale,  Pa. 

Z.  T.  BALTZER,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

JOHN  W.  MINNICK, Dillsville,  Pa. 

CORNELIUS  RHOADS,   Duncannon,  Pa. 

JACOB  FITMAN,   Montrose,  Pa. 

WEBSTER  SPENCER,  Grover,  Pa. 

CHARLES  HIMES,   Scranton,  Pa. 

JOE  HOLLEN, Mountaindale,  Pa. 

EMANUEL  LOUDEN, Mountaindale,  Pa. 

ADAM  GARMAN, Blandburg,  Pa. 

GEORGE  GRAFFES,   Williamsport,  Pa. 

JOSEPH  O'BRIEN, Fostoria,  Iowa. 

JOHN  WEAVER, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

EDWARD  DOAN,  Mansfield,  Pa. 

JEREMIAH  AUSTIN,   Ogdenburg,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  GARRISON, Albert,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  235 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 


ROSTER  IS/TH  REGIMENT,  P.  V.  I. 
FIELD  AND  STAFF  OFFICERS. 

JOHN  E.  PARSONS — Colonel;  August  30,  1862;  promoted  from 
Captain  and  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  Volunteers,  to 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  January  31,  1865;  to  Colonel,  May 
12,  1865;  residing  at  Toledo,  Ohio. 

JOSEPH  F.  RAMSEY — Lieutenant  Colonel ;  June  22,  1863  J  dis 
charged  September  29,  1864;  dead. 

JOSEPH  A.  EGE — Lieutenant  Colonel;  February  26,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  Captain,  Company  D,  June  18,  1865 ;  mustered 
out  with  Regiment,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

GEORGE  W.  MERRICK — Major;  March  18,  1864;  promoted  from 
Captain,  Company  A,  May  12,  1864;  discharged  Septem 
ber  26th,  for  wound,  with  loss  of  leg,  received  at  Peters 
burg,  June  18,  1864;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

DAVID  Z.  SEIP — Major;  January  27,  1864;  promoted  from  Cap 
tain,  Company  B,  June  24,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Regi 
ment,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

THOMAS  E.  LITTLE — Adjutant;  July  9,  1863 ;  .promoted  to  Cap 
tain,  Company  I,  May  n,  1864. 

JEROME  W.  HENRY — Adjutant;  May  12,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Regiment,  August  3,  1865. 

MATTHEW  H.  McCALL — Quartermaster;  January  27,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  First  Lieutenant,  Company  B,  March  18,  1864; 
mustered  out  with  Regiment,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at 
York,  Pa. 

JAMES  P.  WILSON — Surgeon;  April  14,  1864;  died  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  July  5,  1864. 

JOHN  C.  FRUIT — Surgeon;  July  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Regiment,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 


236  HISTORY   OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

JOSHUA  R.  HAYS — Assistant  Surgeon;  July  24,  1863;  discharged 
by  special  order,  September  23,  1864. 

W.  W.  WEBB — Assistant  Surgeon;  April  15,  1864;  discharged 
by  special  order,  October  5,  1864. 

THEODORE  JACOBS — Assistant  Surgeon;  October  27,  1864; 
mustered  out  with  Regiment,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at 
Norristown,  Pa. 

JAMES  T.  MAHON — Assistant  Surgeon ;  January  4,  1865 ; 
mustered  out  with  Regiment,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  E.  ZINN — Sergeant  Major;  February  10,  1864;  Pro~ 
moted  from  Sergeant,  Company  D,  May  n,  1864,  to  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  Company  I,  March  29,  1865 ;  died  1904. 

DOUGLAS  H.  JAY — Sergeant  Major;  April  7,  1864;  promoted  from 
private,  Company  G,  May  I,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

FRANK  SMITH — Quartermaster  Sergeant;  May  7,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  private,  Company  H,  May  u,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

HENRY  M.  WILSON — Commissary  Sergeant;  January  26,  1864; 
promoted  from  private,  Company  B,  date  unknown; 
mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  KENNEDY — Hospital  Sergeant;  January  5,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  Sergeant,  Company  E,  date  unknown  ; 
mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

PHILIP  W.  RICHARDS — Principal  Musician;  January  15,  1864; 
transferred  to  Company  E,  January  i,  1865. 

COMPANY  A. 

GEORGE  W.  MERRICK — Captain;  March  18,  1864;  promoted  to 
Major,  May  12,  1864. 

MORGAN  HART — Captain;  March  22,  1864;  promoted  from  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  May  n,  1864;  discharged  May  9,  1865; 
dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  237 

ROBERT  YOUNG — Captain;  March  22;  1864;  promoted  from  First 
Lieutenant,  July  18,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Troy,  Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 

GEROULD  DENNISON — Second  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  dis 
charged  by  special  orders,  September  4,  1864;  residing  at 
Wellsboro,  Pa. 

TIMOTHY  B.  CULVER — Second  Lieutenant;  February  10,  1864; 
promoted  from  First  Sergeant,  April  14,  1865 ;  commis 
sioned  First  Sergeant,  March  10,  1865;  not  mustered; 
mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at 
Round  Top,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  A.  STONE — First  Sergeant;  February  25,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  Sergeant,  April  14,  1865 ;  commissioned  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant  March  10,  1865;  not  mustered;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Pitts- 
burg,  Pa. 

DAVID  P.  DEWEY — Sergeant;  February  25,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865,  Vet. 

DAVID  BRICKER — Sergeant;  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

ORVILLE  HENRY — Sergeant;  February  25,  1864;  promoted  from 
Corporal,  April  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

EUGENE  COOLEDGE — Sergeant;  February  25,  1864;  promoted 
from  Corporal,  April  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CHARLES  SHUMWAY — Sergeant;  February  25,  1864;  died  at  City 
Point,  Va.,  August  27,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery. 

HENRY  C.  WILSON — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

EDMUND  A.  CARIEL — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Cuthage, 
Harding  Co.,  Iowa. 


238  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

CHAUNCEY  DIMMICK — Corporal;  April  6,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  April  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

JAS.  W.  HANCOCK — Corporal;  April  6,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Westfield,  Pa. 

JOHN  W.  ENGLISH — Corporal;  February  6,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

HENRY  M.  FOOT — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

SAMUEL  D.  FRANCES — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  April  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

ALBERT  IRES — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  died  June  iQth,  of 
wounds,  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864; 
buried  in  National  Cemetery. 

JAMES  HESS — Musician;  March  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

HENRY  HIPPLE — Musician;  April  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Fresno,  Cal. 

Privates. 

AYRES,  ROBERT  J. — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ANDERSON,  GEORGE — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

ATHERSON,  OTIS  L. — February  25,  1864;  discharged  on  Sur 
geon's  Certificate,  June  6,  1865 ;  residing  at  Topeka,  Kans. 

ASH,  JOHN — January  26,  1864;  transferred  to  86th  Com.,  Sec 
ond  Battery,  V.  R.  C. ;  discharged  by  general  order  Sep 
tember  23,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  239 

AYLESWORTH,  JOHN — March  31,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864. 

BAKER,  HIRAM — November  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BUTLER,  ALMON — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BUTLER,  LEROY — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BOCKUS,  CHARLES — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BOCKUS,  PHILANDER — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Tioga 
Co.,  Pa. 

BLISS,  WILLIAM — February  25,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Round  Top,  Tioga 
Co.,  Pa. 

BREWSTER,  JOSEPH  W. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company  August  3,  1865. 

BORDEN,  ALONZO — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BORDEN,  BELA — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BEOTSMAN,  JOHN  L. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Stony  Fork,  Tioga 
Co.,  Pa., 

BELLINGER,  NORMAN — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

BELL,  WILLIAM  J. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Lenox,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Pa. 

BowEN,  WILLIAM  G. — January  25,  1864;  discharged  on  Sur 
geon's  Certificate,  June  23,  1865. 

BOATMAN,  LEONARD  W. — February  25,  1864;  killed  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  22,  1864 ;  buried  in  Poplar  Grove,  National 
Cemetery,  division  C,  section  D,  grave  124. 


24O  HISTORY   OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

CARPENTER,  JOHN — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Round  Top,  Tioga 
Co.,  Pa. 

CROW,  ZENAS  F. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CALDWELL,  JOHN  R. — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CUNNINGHAM,  G.  B. — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

CHESTNUT,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  K, 
May  10,  1864. 

CATLIN,  DELANE — February  25,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va., 
July  3,  1864,  of  wounds  received  June  18,  1864. 

CHASE,  WILLIAM — February  25,  1864;  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
July  4,  1864. 

CLARK,  SAMUEL — January  25,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864. 

DORT,  HARRIS — February  25,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
June  28,  1865  J  died,  1904. 

DARTT,  HENRY  H. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

DAILY,  ORLANDO  E. — February  25,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at  muster 
out.' 

DONOVAN,  JAMES — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  George,  Lyons  Co.,  la. 

DALES,  WILLIAM  E. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Balsam,  Pa. 

DORT,  CYRUS — February  25,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  July 
3,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in  action,  June  18,  1864. 

EDEN,  ROBERT — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

EVERETT,  THOMAS — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  24! 

FIELDS,  DELVAS — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FRANCES,  ROBERT — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Kennedy,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 

FRY,  RICHARD — February  25,  1864;  prisoner  from  August  19, 
1864,  to  March  8,  1865 ;  discharged  by  general  order,  June 
6.  1865. 

FRECE,  GEORGE — February  25,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Re 
serve  Corps,  1864. 

FROST,  ASHABEL — February  25,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
September  12,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in  action. 

GWINN,  GEORGE  W. — March  9,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GODDEN,  THOMAS — February  25,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
August  25,  1864. 

GREEN,  ANDREW — January  25,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
July  9,  1864. 

GOODWIN,  BENJ.  F. — May  12,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
April  6,  1865. 

HENRY,  RICHARD — February  27,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HALL,  JUDSON  J. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  East  Charleston,  Tioga 
Co.,  Pa. 

HANVILLE,  EDWARD — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Chemung  Center, 
N.  Y. 

HENRY,  JOHN  E. — April  6,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
May  15,  1865  ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

HowER,  CHARLES  P. — April  4,   1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 

Certificate,  1864. 
HAMPTON,  WILLIAM — April  25,   1864;  transferred  to  Army  of 

Northwest,  August  9,  1864. 


242  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

HALL,  HENRY  F. — April  25,  1864;  transferred  to  Army  of  North 
west,  August  9,  1864. 

HEDWICK,   STEPHEN — April  25,   1864;  transferred  to  Army  of 
Northwest,  August  9,  1864. 

JACKSON,  JOHN — February  25,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

KIMBALL,  GEORGE — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KRINER,  WILLIAM — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

LESTER,  THOMAS — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

LYON,  ABRAM — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

LAWTON,  EDWARD  O. — February  25,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  November  29,  1864. 

MosiER,  CHARLES  W. — February  27,   1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company  August  3,  1865. 

MORROW,  RICHARD — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MEEMBOWER,    JOSEPH — January    25,    1864;   mustered   out   with 
Company  August  3,  1865. 

MOORE,    CHARLES   N. — February   25,    1864;   mustered  out   with 
Company  August  3,  1865. 

MACK,  ALONZO  C. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

MULLIN,    FRANCES — April   25,    1864;    transferred   to   Army   of 
Northwest,  August  9,  1864;  residing  at  Marinette,  Wis. 

MANN,   JOHN — February   25,    1864;    died   at    City    Point,   Va., 
August  9,  1864. 

MORTON,  JOHN  D. — January  18,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
August  25,  1864,  °f  wounds  received  in  action. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  243 

M'GROGAN,  HUGH  H. — March  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

M'GuiRE,  JOHN — January  21,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
June  8,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 

NEWFER,  JOHN — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  died  January  n,  1904. 

OBERLIE,  WILLIAM — January  18,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  City  Point, 
Va.,  section  D,  division  i,  grave  145. 

PUTMAN,  ANDREW  J. — March  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Stony  Fork,  Tioga  Co., 
Pa. 

PEAK,  WILLIS  J. — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Dubois,  Neb.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2. 

POTTER,  LYMAN  P. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

POTTER,  CHARLES  J. — February  25,  1864;  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
March  26,  1864. 

PHIPPS,  JAMES — February  25,  1864;  died  July  n,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 

RUGGLES,  DANIEL  W. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Gaines,  Pa. 

ROOT,  HENRY  C. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Topeka,  Kan. 

ROUGHT,  DANIEL — March  31,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

STEEL,  ROBERT  H. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

STEEL,  SAMUEL  S. — March  30,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Turtle  Point,  Pa. 

SMITH,  ELWARIAN — February  25,  1864;  discharged  by  special 
order,  August  2,  1865. 


244  HISTORY  OF  I87TH  REGIMENT 

SMITH,   EPHRAIM   N. — February  25,    1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company  August  3,  1865. 

SHERMAN,  RILEY  W. — February  25,    1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

SAXBURRY,  WESLEY — February  25,  1864;  discharged  by  special 
order  August  9,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

STRATTON,  HORACE  S. — February  25,   1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

STARKWEATHER,  N.  J. — February  27,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  May  26,  1865. 

SEISEN,  JAMES — July   18,   1864;  drafted;  discharged  by  special 
order,  May  5,  1865. 

STULKER,  THOMAS — September  20,  1864;  drafted;  discharged  by 
special  order,  May  5,  1865. 

SIMPSON,   SAMUEL — May  4,   1864;  transferred  to  Company  K, 
May  10,  1864. 

STURROCK,  WILLIAM — February  25,   1864;  died  at  New  York, 
August  21,  1864;  buried  in  Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L,.  I. 

STARK,  OLIVER — March  31,  1864;  died  October  27,  1864. 

SWERGER,    NICHOLAS — May   4,    1864;    died   July    21,    1864,    of 
wounds  received  in  action. 

TIPPLE,  CLIFTON — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

TORPY,  AUGUSTINE  S. — February  25,   1864;  mustered  out  with. 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

TRULL,  SAMUEL  W. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Blossburg,  Pa. 

TRAVIS,  JOHN  J. — March  31,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
18,  1864. 

WILSON,   DANIEL  M. — February  25,    1864;   mustered   out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  245 

WILCOX,  SAMUEL  P. — March  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Stony  Fork,  Tioga  Co., 
Pa. 

WILCOX,  MARTIN  C. — March  31,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WHEELER,  SAMUEL — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WHETMORE,  PHILIP — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WILKINSON,  JAMES — February  25,  1864;  discharged  by  special 
order,  January  14,  1865. 

WELLS,  JAMES  J. — August  30,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
January  6,  1865. 

COMPANY  B. 

DAVID  Z.  SEIP — Captain ;  January  27,  1864  I  promoted  to  Major, 
June  25,  1865  J  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  J.  ADAMS — First  Lieutenant;  January  27,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  Second  Lieutenant,  March  18,  1864;  com 
missioned  Captain,  May  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

MATTHEW  H.  McCALL — First  Lieutenant;  January  27,  1864; 
promoted  to  Quartermaster,  March  18,  1864;  York,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  W.  TORBERT — Second  Lieutenant;  October  i,  1864; 
promoted  from  First  Sergeant,  October  i,  1864;  commis 
sioned  First  Lieutenant,  May  I,  1865;  not  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JONATHAN  J.  JESSUP — Second  Lieutenant;  January  20,  1864; 
promoted  from  First  Sergeant,  March  18,  1864;  dis 
charged  August  7,  for  wounds,  with  loss  of  leg,  received 
at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  C.  ILGENFRITZ — First  Sergeant;  January  25,  1864;  pro 
moted  to  Sergeant,  April  8,  1864;  to  First  Sergeant, 


246  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

October  i,  1864;  commissioned  Second  Lieutenant,  May 
i,  1865;  not  mustered;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran ;  dead. 

DANIEL  KELLER — First  Sergeant;  January  20,  1864;  promoted 
to  Second  Lieutenant  Company  H,  March  u,  1864;  at 
National  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

THOMAS  RUPERT — Sergeant;  January  20.  1864;  promoted  to  Ser 
geant,  January  17,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Baltimore,  Md. 

JOSEPHUS  BURGER — Sergeant;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to 
Sergeant,  May  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HENRY  WAGNER — Sergeant;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to  Ser 
geant,  October  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CHARLES  HORN — Sergeant;  February  2,  1864;  promoted  to  Ser 
geant,  December  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

SAMUEL  KEEPER — Sergeant;  January  20,  1864;  died  at  York,  Pa., 
April  15,  1864. 

THOMAS  H.  BROOKS — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  dead. 

GEORGE  K.  GROVE — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  New  Cum 
berland,  Pa. 

HENRY  M.  KISTER — Corporal;  January  21,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  April  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  '•>  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

LEWIS  H.  MILNER — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  May  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

JOHN  J.  HESS — Corporal;  January  28,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  November  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  247 

NATHAN  B.  WAILS — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  December  I,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  dead. 

THADDEUS  FRY — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  December  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAM  BOYER — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  December  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company; 
August  3,  1865. 

JOHN  SHILLINBERG — Corporal;  January  20,  1864;  killed  at  Wei- 
don  Railroad,  August  20,  1864;  buried  in  Poplar  Grove 
National  Cemetery,  Petersburg,  Va. 

CORNELIUS  AMICH — Musician;  January  20,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

WILMOT  AYRES — Musician;  January  20,  1864;  discharged  by 
special  order,  May  29,  1865 ;  died  November  7,  1902. 

Privates. 

APPLE,  HENRY — January  23,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

APPLE,  JOHN — January  28,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

ARMPRIESTER,  SAMUEL — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

ANDERSON,  ANDREW — April  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Bryansville,  York  Co, 
Pa. 

ANDREWS,  JOSEPH  A. — January  20,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

AMICH,  AUGUSTUS — January  20,  1864;  deserted,  December  6, 
1864. 

ALBERT,  CHARLES — January  20,  1864;  deserted,  February  25, 
1865. 


248  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH   REGIMENT 

BURGER,  HENRY  C. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BERKHEIMER,  GEORGE — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

BLAIN,  WILLIAM  H. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Fawn  Grove,  York 
Co.,  Pa. 

BURGER,  SIMON — January  20,  1864;  died  June  20,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Va. 

BOWEN,  JOHN — January  26,  1864;  died  at  Goldsboro,  Pa.,  August 
21,  1864. 

BRYANT,  JOHN — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  January  27,  1865. 
BOYD,  JAMES — January  25,  1864;  deserted,  February  6,  1864. 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN  M. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Red  Lion,  York  Co.,  Pa. 

CAMPBELL,  Jos.  W. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  died  October,  1904. 

CRONE,  JACOB — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Etters,  York  Co.,  Pa. 

CHANNELL,  WM.  T. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

DUDROW,  JOHN  W. — January  20,  1864;  Des.  Ret.;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

DECKER,  GEO.  D.  D. — January  20,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  June  22,  1864. 

DRAWBAUGH,  DARIUS — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

DUGAN,  JOHN — January  20,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
November  3,  1864. 

ESHENBAUGH,  FRED — January  21,  1864;  died  June  19,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 


Member 


JOHN  WOY,  COMPANY  H. 
of   Executive    Committee,    Survivors'    Association. 


i  WILUAM  N.  REYNOLDS.  2  FRANKLIN  FINNECY. 

3  LIEUTENANT   DANIEL  KELLER. 

COMPANY  H. 


UNIVERSITY 

OF  > 


CAPTAIN   RANSFORD   B.  WEBB,  COMPANY  I. 


i   GEORGE  N.  ASHENFEFLDER.  2  AARON   M.  LANDIS. 

3  ROBERT  M.  BOYLES.    4  SERGT.  JOHN  A.  STEEL. 

COMPANY  I. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  253 

FETHERS,  OWEN — January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 

FULTON,  JAMES — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FuE,  PETER — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

GABLE,  HENRY — January  23,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  18,  1864;  absent,  in  hospital  at  muster  out;  residing 
at  York,  Pa. 

GILBERT,  WILLIAM  H. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Craleysville,  York 
Co.,  Pa. 

GROOVER,  CHARLES — January  20,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
January  5,  1865. 

HORN,  DANIEL — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HEIDLER,  JOHN  F. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

HAMILTON,  WM.  H. — January,  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Gatshalville,  York 
Co.,  Pa. 

HUMMER,  JACOB — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HUNTER,  JOSEPH  J. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JOHNSON,  WM.  J.  C. — January  23,  1864;  died  June  30,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point. 

JONES,  WILLIAM  W. — January  20,  1864;  died  October  2,  of 
wounds  received  July  10,  1864;  buried  in  Cypress  Hill 
Cemetery,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

KEESEY,  OLIVER — January  20,  1864;  Des.  Ret. ;  mustered  out  with 

Company,  August  3,  1865. 
14 


254  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

.  KEESEY,  HARRISON — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KEESEY,  ABBINGTON — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KEESEY,  WARRINGTON — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

KEESEY,  JOHN  H. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

KLAY,  GEORGE  H. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KRAMER,  OLIVER — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KUNKLE,  HENRY  S. — January  20,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  December  7,  1864. 

KLINER,  EDWARD — January  23,  1864;  deserted,  February  n, 
1864. 

KERLIN,  WILLIAM — January  20,  1864;  deserted,  May  25,  1865; 
dead. 

LEHMAN,  CHARLES — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  national  Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 
Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

LLOYD,  LEWIS  S. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

LEVENIGHT,  HENRY — January  26,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  December  13,  1864;  dead. 

LANDIS,  HENRY — January  20,  1864;  died  on  U.  S.  Transport, 
date  unknown;  burial  record  Henry  Sanders,  August  27, 
1864,  at  Beverly,  N.  J. 

MYERS,  AUGUSTUS — January  23,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MORGAN,  WILLIAM — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  255 

NAUSS,  WILLIAM  H. — January  20,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864;  transferred  to  36th  Company,  Second 
Battalion,  Veteran  Reserve  Corps ;  date  unknown ;  residing 
at  Mechanicsburg,  Pa.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4. 

PLATTS,  JOHN — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

PALMER,  WILLIAM — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

PYLE,  DAVID — April  2,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

PATTERSON,  ANDREW — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

PYLE,  ABRAHAM  L. — April  6,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va., 
August  i,  1864;  Veteran. 

RUPP,  FREDERICK — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

REAM,  ADAM — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

REYNOLDS,  MILTON  B. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Gatshalville,  Pa. 

RUBY,  WALTER  B. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

REISER,  SOLOMON — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SPRENKLE,  SYLVESTER — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

SOURBEER,  JACOB — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

STEININGER,  OTTO — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

SWEENEY,  JOHN — January  26,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at  muster  out. 
,  AARON — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


256  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

STUMP,  WILLIAM  R. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SEiFERT,  MICHAEL  G. — January  26,  1864;  died  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  February  24,  1864. 

SOURBEER,  SAMUEL — January  20,  1864;  died  June  19,  1864,  of 
wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried 
at  City  Point,  Va.,  National  Cemetery,  section  E,  division 
I,  grave  102. 

SPORLEDER,  LEWIS — January  20,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va., 
June  19,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18, 
1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery. 

SHILLINGER,  JOHN — January  20,  1864;  deserted,  December  9, 
1864. 

TRUMP,  WILLIAM — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

TORBERT,  ISAAC — April  6,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Certifi 
cate,  June  26,  1865. 

TORBERT,  WM.  H. — April  6,  1864;  died  July  7,  at  Alexandria, 
Va.,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864; 
grave  2,344. 

WELCOMER,  DANIEL — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WALTERS,  JACOB  H. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WOOD,  HENRY — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WILHELM,  WM.  H. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

WILSON,  CHARLES — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WELSH,  HOWARD — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WAILS,  THOMAS  W. — April  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  257 

WILSON,  HENRY  M. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WRIGHT,  JOHN — January  29,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864. 

WAILS,  JOHN  G. — January  22,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864. 

YOUNG,  HENRY  C. — March  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

COMPANY  C. 

WILLIAM  YOUNG — Captain;  February  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Washington, 
Pa. 

ORVILLE  D.  HARDER — First  Lieutenant;  February  26,  1864;  mus 
tered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

GEORGE  G.  LOVETT — Second  Lieutenant;  February  26,  1864;  pro 
moted  to  Captain,  Company  K,  May  n,  1864;  died  January 
i,  1905. 

JAMES  R.  JOHNSON — Second  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

ALFRED  B.  PATTON — First  Sergeant;  January  22,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran ;  dead. 

JOHN  S.  WARE — Sergeant;  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  Veteran ;  dead. 

SETH  K.  SHARPLESS — Sergeant;  June  20,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Laramie, 
Wyoming. 

WILLIAM  H.  COOL — Sergeant ;  June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

FRANK  ROCKEFELLER — Sergeant;  June  25,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

JAMES  B.  MOORE — Sergeant;  January  21,  1864;  killed  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 


258  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

JOHN  C.  IRVIN — Corporal;  June  20,   1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

HUGH  P.  LIBHART — Corporal;  June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Newton  ,  Kan. 

AMOS  CARMAN — Corporal;  January  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  dead. 

JOHN  H.  HARDER — Corporal;  June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  E.  MOHR — Corporal;  February  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Muncy,  Pa. 

DANIEL  MARSHALL — Corporal;  January  21,  1864;  deserted,  Jan 
uary  19,  1865 ;  dead. 

JAMES  B.  FORREST — Musician;  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

CHARLES  P.  HARDER — Musician;  April  14,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

Privates. 

ALWARD,  ARTHUR — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Bellwood,  Pa. 

BROWN,  BENTON  B. — January  24,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

BROWN,  GEORGE  W. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  Veteran. 

BEATTY,  JOHN  R. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BERDANIEL,  GEORGE  W. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

BRYANT,  WILLIAM — January  30,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  >  dead. 

BEAVER,  CHARLES  S. — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Jacksonville,  Florida. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  259 

BRACE,  HENRY  E. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BIRTCH,  ISAAC — January  13,  1864;  deserted  October  10,  1864. 

CUTAIR,  CHARLES — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CASE,  NELSON  B. — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Havre-de-grace,  Md. 

CASLIN,  MICHAEL — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CAMPBELL,  ANDREW — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

CRAIG,  WILLIAM — February  16,  1864;  died  at  Williamsport,  Pa., 
April  12,  1864. 

DEVINE,  JOHN  C. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Johnstown,  Pa. 

ECKERT,  SAMUEL — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ELLIOTT,  WILLIAM — January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

EASTON,  JAMES  S. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  residing  at  New  Lenox,  111. 

EYERLEY,  CHARLES  W. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

FUNSTON,  CHARLES  R. — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  '>  residing  at  Laport,  Sullivan  Co.,  Pa. 

FOREMAN,  OSMAN — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  '>  residing  at  Independence,  Ohio. 

FRAME,  JOSEPH  L. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  \  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

Fox,  JOHN — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  dead. 

FRIBLEY,  WILLIAM  H. — February  3,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 


26O  HISTORY   OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

FLANIGAN,  REESE — January  29,  1864;  died  at  David's  Island,  N. 
Y.,  August  23,  1864;  buried  in  Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I. 

GANDIBLUE,  JOSEPH — June  20,   1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead ;  date  unknown. 

GIBBONS,  JAMES  H. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GIBBS,  JAMES  M. — January  22,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

GIBBS,  CHARLES  H. — September  17,  1864;  discharged  by  special 
order,  May  30,  1865. 

GEIGER,  WILLIAM — January  5,  1864;  transferred  to  I57th  Regi 
ment  P.  V.,  June  15,  1864. 

HENRY,   JOHN — June   20,    1863;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HEFFLER,  JACOB — June  20,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 J  dead. 

HULLIEN,  WM.  F. — September  21,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  July  14,  1865 ;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

HALE,  EPHRAIM  K. — September  8,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  July  5,  1865;  died  May  21,  1905. 

HAUVER,  JOHN — September  20,  1864;  deserted  March  i,  1865. 

ICKUS,  JOHN — September  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  j  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

ICKUS,  HENRY — September  29,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

JACKSON,  GEORGE  W. —  September  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

JACKSON,  CALEB — September  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JONES,  WILLIAM   P. — September  29,   1864;  deserted,   March   i, 
1865 ;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  26l 

KERCHER,  GOTLIEB — September  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

KUTCHMAN,  THEODORE — September  5,  1864;  transferred  to  Vet 
eran  Reserve  Corps,  October  4,  1864. 

LEVERS,  JOSEPH — September  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  died>  I9°3- 

LEWIS,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

MANEY,  PATRICK — May  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead,  date  unknown. 

MiLLER,  JOHN — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

MORGAN,  THOMAS  P. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MORGAN,  WATKIN — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

MILNER,  WILLIAM — January  26,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  July  4,  1865 ;  dead. 

MELLIN,  OSCAR  G. — September  13,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  July  5,  1865  J  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

NASH,  WILLIAM — June  20,  1864;  wounded,  with  loss  of  leg,  at 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  discharged  October  31, 
1865 ;  residing  at  Mitchell,  S.  D. 

O'BRIAN,  JOHN — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  dead,  date  unknown. 

OPLINGER,  SAMUEL — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  May  n,  1864. 

POWLEY,  HENRY — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

PATTON,  IRVIN  T. —  January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

POLLEN,  JOHN — June  20,  1863;  deserted  March  i,  1865. 

RANK,  DAVID  H. —  January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead,  1903. 


262  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 


PETER  M.  —  January  20,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Genoa,  DeKalb  Co.,  111. 

RISKED  GEORGE  —  January  29,    1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead,  1865. 

RISKED  CHARLES  —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead,  1865. 

ROBERTS,  JOHN  E.  —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

RANTZ,  ISAAC  —  January  29,  1864;  Mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

RIDGWAY,  WARREN  M.  —  January  26,   1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

RODERICK,  JOHN  J.  —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 

SPOONEBERGER,   PETER  —  January  29,    1864;   mustered  out   with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

SMITH,  EDWARD  D.  —  January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead,  1904. 

SLACK,  JACOB  —  January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

SECHLER,  JOHN  —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

STALL,  SAMUEL  —  January  28,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SNELL,  ISAAC  —  January  28,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SLACK,  JOHN  W.  —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

SPOONEBERGER,  JAMES  —  January  29,  1864;  deserted,  October  10, 
1864. 

STEWARD,   WILLIAM  —  January   29,    1864;   deserted,    March   31, 
1865;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  263 

THORNTON,  GRIER  M. — January  22,  1864;  discharged;  date  un 
known;  dead,  1903. 

VANGILDER,  GEORGE  W. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  died  May  7,  1905. 

VOGEL,  WILLIAM — June  25,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WRAY,  LEWIS  V. — January  21,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865  ;  dead,  1903. 

WERTMAN,  JOHN — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  j  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

WERTMAN,  ELIJAH — January  22,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

WERKHEISER,  A.  B. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

WARE,  JAMES  D. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Chicago,  111. 

WATTS,  WILLIAM  M. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WALLACE,  JOHN  H. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

WARREN,  HENRY — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAMS,  WILLIAM — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  '>  dead. 

WARREN,  GEORGE — January  29,  1864;  abserit,  sick  at  muster  out. 
WIRT,  WILLIAM — January  29,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

WALDRON,  JOHN — February  3,  1864;  discharged  January  3,  1865, 
for  wounds,  with  loss  of  arm,  received  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864;  dead. 

WRAY,  JAMES — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  February  2,  1864. 


264  HISTORY   OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

COMPANY  D. 

JOSEPH  A.  EGE — Captain;  February  26,  1864;  promoted  to  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel,  June  19,  1865 ;  dead. 

JOHN  E.  FRYMIRE — Captain ;  June  27,  1863  >  promoted  from 
First  Lieutenant,  July  18,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Lumberton,  N.  J. 

JOHN  S.  GORE — First  Lieutenant;  March  22,  1864;  promoted 
from  Second  Lieutenant,  July  18,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

FRANCES  BEST — Second  Lieutenant;  February  10,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  First  Sergeant,  July  19,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  D.  RITNER — First  Sergeant;  June  26,  1863;  promoted 
from  Sergeant,  July  19,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  residing  at  Washington, 
D.  C. 

RUBEN  K.  ALLISON — Sergeant;  July  20,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

JAMES  M.  KENNEDY — Sergeant;  February  10,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

HENRY  H.  PECK — Sergeant;  June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  dead. 

LEWIS  T.  MOUL — Sergeant ;  July  20,  1863 ;  promoted  from  Cor 
poral  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  >  Vet- 
eran ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  E.  ZINN — Sergeant;  February  10,  1864;  promoted  to 
Sergeant  Major,  May  I,  1864;  dead. 

SAMUEL  BRICKER — Corporal ;  June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

WILLIAM  O.  TREGO — Corporal ;  July  14,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Milton,  Pa. 

SCOTT  RANDALL — Corporal;  June  27,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  265 

JOHN  C.  THOMPSON— Corporal ;  July  12,  1863;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Trenton,  Hitchcock 
Co.,  Neb. 

HENRY  A.  COBAUGII — Corporal ;  July  25,  1863  ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

HENRY  C.  SHEARER — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865  J  Veteran. 

ALEXANDER  KENNEDY — Corporal;  February  5,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  J  Veteran ;  residing  at 
Bloserville,  Pa. 

DAVID  MORRISON — Corporal;  February  25,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  July  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

JOSEPH  A.  SHAW — Corporal  July  i,  1863;  killed  at  Weldon  Rail 
road,  Va.,  August  19,  1864. 

FRANCIS  M.  STOKES — Musician;  June  26,  1863;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Hoguestown, 
Cumberland  Co.,  Pa. 

AUGUSTUS  G.  KYLE — Musician;  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  residing  at  New- 
vill,  Pa. 

Privates. 

ANTHONY,  JOSEPH — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

ALLEN,  GEORGE  W. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

ASH,  HUGH  W. — January  29,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
August  16,  1865. 

BURNS,  JOHN  H. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BixLER,  ANDREW — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 


266  HISTORY   OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

BIXLER,  SAMUEL — June  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran  ;  residing  at  Greencastle,  Pa. 

BURTNETT,  WM.  H. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Landisburg,  Pa. 

BOYLES,  THEODORE  R. — June  27,  1863  '•>  died  June  19,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point;  section  E,  division  2; 
grave  48. 

CALDWELL,  EDWARD  V. — January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

CORRELL,  DANIEL — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CARL,  ISAAC — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

DALY,  WILLIAM  G. — January  26,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

DERR,  ISAAC — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FERREE,  JONATHAN  E. — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Newville,  Pa. 

FAUGHENDER,  JOHN  M. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  residing  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa. 

FAUGHENDER,  JAMES  A. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Grand  View,  Doug 
las  Co.,  S.  D. 

FAUGHENDER,  WM.  H. — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Grand  View,  Doug 
las  Co.,  S.  D. 

FINKENBINDER,  SAMUEL — February  10,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

FAUGHENDER,  McC.  E. —  February  19,  1864;  killed  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA  VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  267 

FRAZER,  JOHN  W. — April  5,  1864;  not  on  muster  out  roll. 

GREEN,  JOHN — January  30,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

GREEN,  WILLIAM — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GENSLER,  PETER — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Big  Spring,  Cumber 
land  Co.,  Pa. 

GENSLER,  JOHN  F. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GOODKNECHT,  CHRIST. — January  29,  1864;  discharged,  December 
9,  1864. 

GELTZ,  WILLIAM — July  25,  1864;  discharged  July  24,  1865,  ex 
piration  of  term. 

GENSLER,  WILLIAM  R. — February  25,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

HENRY,  BENJAMIN — January  29,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Newville,  Pa. 

HENRY,  WILLIAM  A. — June  26,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HENRY,  ABRAHAM — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  February  i, 
1865;  returned;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3, 
1865 ;  dead,  1904. 

HAMILTON,  ALEXANDER — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

HACKET,  THOMP.  R. — January  29,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HEFFILFINGER,  JOSEPH — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

HOUSEHOLDER,  WM. — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

HIPPENSTEEL,  SAMUEL — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 


268  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

HART,  DAVID — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HOOVER,  MICHAEL — August  9,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
July  24,  1865  '>  never  served  with  Company. 

HOOVER,  ANDREW — August  9,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
July  24,  1865  J  never  served  with  Company. 

JONES,    PETER — June   26,    1863 ;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

KUTZ,  GEORGE  B. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KINER,  WILLIAM  J. — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KENNEDY,  NATHANIEL — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

KECK,   AARON — Frebruary    10,    1864;   discharged   on   Surgeon's 
certificate,  June  3,  1865. 

KINER,  JOHN  I. — February  25,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate,  date  unknown. 

LANDIS,  GEORGE — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

LUTZ,  SAMUEL  D. — February  10,  1864;  killed  at  Weldon  Rail 
road,  Va.,  August  19,  1864. 

MUCK,  JOHN — January  29,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MARTIN,  JOHN — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MYERS,   HENRY — February   16,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MITTEN,  WILLIAM  A. — July  17,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead,  date  unknown. 

MILLER,  JACOB  A. — July  12,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


CAPTAIN  GEORGE  G.  LOVETT,  COMPANY  K. 
Member  of  Executive  Committee,  Survivors'  Association. 
Died  January   i, 


•  V 


F     ^BB^^^^^'^^^^r 


i   MUSICIAN  SAMUEL  LOWREY. 
2  LIEUTENANT   GEORGE  S.  WALKER. 
3  LIEUTENANT  ALEX.  BLACKBURN. 

COMPANY  K. 


i   CHARLES  B.  ELLIS.        2  WEBSTER  SPENCER. 
3  GEORGE  DOAN. 

COMPANY  K. 


i    CORPORAL   EDWIN    RODGERS.  2   JOSEPH    O'BRIAN. 

3   GEORGE   GRAFUS.        4   CORPORAL  JOHN   DUNN. 

COMPANY  K. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  2/3 

MINNICH,  LEONARD — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

MINNICH,  WILLIAM — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

MAURICE,  GEORGE — February  19,  1864;  mustered  put  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MORRISON,  WM.  T. — February  25,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Landisburg,  Pa. 

MCLAUGHLIN,  DANIEL — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Newville,  Pa. 

McKEEHAN,  ROBERT  M. —  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Mt.  Rock,  Cumber 
land  Co.,  Pa. 

McCREA,  SEIBERT — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  >  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

McCREA,  JOHN — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

NORTH,  WILLIAM  T. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Newville,  Pa. 

NONEMAKER,  HENRY — February  10,  1864;  died  at  Alexandria, 
Va.,  July  14,  1864;  grave  2,395. 

OILER,  SAMUEL  A. — February  19,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps ;  discharged  by  general  order,  July  31,  1865. 

PLOVER,  FREDERICK  K. — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Mechanicsbury,  Pa. 

POWER,  WILLIAM — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

RINEHART,  DAVID  J. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Big  Springs,  Cum 
berland  Co.,  Pa. 

SWANSON,  WM.  E. — January  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 
15 


274  HISTORY  OF  I87TH  REGIMENT 

SHAEFFER,  JOSEPH — July  i,  1863;  mustered  out  with  Company; 
August  3,  1865. 

SHEAFFER,  WELLINGTON — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  J  Veteran. 

STAYER,  LEVI — June  26,  1863;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out;  residing 
at  Newville,  Pa. 

SMITH,  WILSON — February  19,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1863;  Veteran;  residing  at  Smithville, 
Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

SiPE,  ABRAM — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SHANNEFELSER,  MICHAEL — February  25,  1864  5  mustered  out  with 
Compnay,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

STAHL,  URIAH — February  10,  1864;  died,  September  7,  of  wounds 
received  at  Weldon  Railroad,  Va.,  August  19,  1864;  buried 
in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 

SHERIFF,  DAVID — February  19,  1864;  died  at  Newville,  Pa., 
December  18,  1864. 

TOOMEY,  HENRY — February  25,  1864;  killed  at  Weldon  Railroad, 
Va.,  August  19,  1864;  buried  in  Poplar  Grove  National 
Cemetery,  Petersburg,  Va.,  division  D,  section  D,  grave  45. 

UMHOLTZ,  WM.  T. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Landisburg, 
Pa/ 

VOGELSONG,  GEORGE  D. — May  26,  1864 ;  absent  at  muster  out ; 
never  served  with  Company. 

WOLF,  ADAM  A. — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WOLF,  HENRY  A. — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran. 

WAGONER,  ABRAHAM — February,  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

WOLF,  HENRY — February  10;  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Greason,  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  275 

WARD,  JOHN — July  12,  1863  I  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  died  January  22,  1902. 

WATON,  CHRISTOPHER — June  26,  1863 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WATERS,  FRANCIS — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WARNER,  JOHN — February  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

COMPANY  E. 

CHARLES  A.  THOMAS — Captain;  January  27,  1864;  discharged 
March  9,  1865  J  dead. 

FREDERICK  B.  ARGUE — Captain;  January  27,  1864;  promoted 
from  Second  to  First  Lieutenant,  October  i,  1864;  to  Cap 
tain,  May  20,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865. 

HENRY  V.  CHRISTY — First  Lieutenant;  January  27,  1864;  dis 
charged,  July  25,  1864. 

JAMES  SLEMER — First  Lieutenant;  January  27,  1864;  promoted 
from  First  Sergeant  to  Second  Lieutenant,  October  i> 
1864;  to  First  Lieutenant,  June  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

EDWARD  STEEL — Second  Lieutenant;  February  4,  1864;  promoted 
from  First  Sergeant,  June  i,  1865  ;mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

GEORGE  W.  FOWLER — First  Sergeant;  January  13,  1864;  mustered 

out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at 

Hampton,  Va. 
JOHN  H.  GASSON — First  Sergeant; ;  deserted,  June  18, 

1864. 
ANDREW  G.  FORSTER — Sergeant;  January  13,  1864;  mustered  out 

with  Company,  August  3,  1865,  Veteran. 
THOMAS  SEMPLE — Sergeant;  January   15,    1864;  mustered  out 

with  Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  dead. 


276  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

WILLIAM  NAYLOR — Sergeant;  January  18,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865  >'  Veteran ;  residing  at  As- 
bury  Park,  N.  J. 

$ELEN  C.  KRISHER — Sergeant;  January  n,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

GEO.  W.  KENNEDY — Sergeant;  January  5,  1864;  promoted  to 
Hospital  Steward,  date  unknown ;  dead. 

JOHN  D.  FOURCE — Corporal;  January  18,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Altoona,  Pa. 

JAMES  GOODLIN — Corporal ;  January  29,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  \  Veteran ;  dead. 

ALEXANDER  CARSON — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  STEWART — Corporal;  January  15,  1864;  mustered  out 

with  Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 
Ross  MCCLELLAND — Corporal ;  January   18,   1864;  wounded  at 

Petersburg,  June  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

THOMAS  STOCKMAN — Corporal;  February  9,  1864;  mustered  out 

with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 
GEORGE  W.  HAYNES — Corporal;  January  5,  1864;  mustered  out 

with  Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  dead. 
ROBERT  E.  JOHN.SON — Corporal;    January    12,    1864;    killed    at 

Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

CHARLES  H.  LONG — Corporal;  January  n,  1864;  deserted,  Octo 
ber  n,  1864. 
ISAAC  B.  THOMAS — Corporal;  January  12,  1864;  deserted,  May 

18,  1865. 
THOMAS  RITTENHOUSE — Musician;  January  15,  1864;  mustered 

out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 
PHILIP  W.  RICHARDS — Musician;  January  15,   1864;  mustered 

out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  277 

Privates. 

ARCHER,  ISAAC — January   16,   1864;  deserted,  January  27,  1864. 
BOYD,  WILLIAM — January  16,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

BOONE,  THOMAS  A. — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BURNHART,  CHAS.  A. — January  13,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

BILDERBACH,  THOMAS — January  5,  1864 — transferred  to  Com 
pany  F,  date  unknown. 

BRADLEY,  EDWARD — January  n,  1864;  died  July  16;  burial  rec 
ord,  July  14,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
July  10,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  City  Point; 
section  C,  division  I,  grave  156. 

BARNUM,  CHARLES  F. — January  20,  1864;  died  October  12,  1864; 
buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 

BURR,  EDWARD — February  n,  1864;  deserted,  May  26,  1864. 
CAMPBELL,    ANDREW — February    n,    1864;   mustered   out   with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

COLLINS,  WILLIAM — January  18,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864  5  absent  at  muster  out ;  dead. 

COLLINS,  THOMAS  J. — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CLARDY,  JOSEPH  H. — January  u,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

CONWAY,  JAMES — January  22,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1 8,  1864. 

CATON,  WILLIAM  H. — January  15,  1864;  deserted,  June  I,  1865. 
COOK,  WILLIAM  H. — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  June  23,  1865. 

DEVLIN,  PETER — January  13,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

DUNN,  JAMES — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


278  HISTORY   OP    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

DOTTER,  WILLIAM — March  10,  1865  ;  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865. 

DORSHIMER,  CHARLES — March  10,  1865 '  discharged  May  3,  to 
date  March  10,  1865. 

DAVIS,  WILLIAM  C. — January  16,  1864;  deserted,  May  i,  1864. 

EGOLF,  JOHN — January  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ELLIOTT,  ROBERT — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

EVANS,  WILLIAM  H. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

EVERETT,  NATHAN — March  10,  1865;  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865. 

EVERETT,  DAVID — March  10,  1865 ;  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865. 

FERGUSON,  JOHN — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

FLEMING,  JOHN — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

FOSTER,  ALBIN — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FELMEY,  ALBERT  A. — January  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

FLICK,  CHARLES — January  18,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F, 
date  unknown. 

FOURCE,  JOHN  C. — February  10,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D. 
C.,  March  31,  1865. 

FARMER,  EDWARD — February  8,  1864;  deserted,  June  25,  1865; 
dead. 

GLENN,  WILLIAM — February  4,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1865  ;  absent  in  Hospital  at  muster  out ;  dead. 

GENN,  DAVID  P. — January  16,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out; 
dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  279 

GoFF,  JAMES — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

GILMORE,  ROBERT — January  30,  1864;  deserted,  November  9, 
1864;  returned  November  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

GIBBONS,  JAMES  S — January  15,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
F,  date  unknown. 

HARVEY,  JAMES  W. — January  16,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HUGHES,  PATRICK — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

HUNT,  JOHN  H. — January  16,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

HILL,  JACOB — February  9,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  >  dead. 

HORN,  SAMUEL — February  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Burlington  N.  J. 

HILL,  EDWARD — March  10,  1865;  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865 ;  dead. 

HILL,  SOLOMON — March  10,  1865  '•>  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865. 

IRVIN,  JOSEPH — January  19,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
November  i,  1864. 

JONES,  WILLIAM — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

JOHNSON,   JOHN — January    n,    1864;   died  at   Harrisburg,   Pa., 

February  25,  1864. 
KYLE,  EDWARD — January  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 
KREPPS,  FRED  S. — January  20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865;  dead. 
KEEL,  SAMUEL — January  12,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company; 

August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 


280  HISTORY   OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

KRISHER,  BENJ.  F. — May  4,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  18,  1864;  absent  at  muster  out;  residing  near  Dayton, 
Ohio. 

KRESGE,  JOSIAH  F. — March  10,  1865  5  discharged  May  3,  to  date 
March  10,  1865. 

KOCHELL,  LOTT — January  19,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Re 
serve  Corps;  discharged  by  general  order,  July  29,  1865; 
dead. 

KELLEY,  LAWRENCE — January  n,  1864;  deserted  January  30, 
1864. 

KING,  THOMAS — January  18,  1864;  deserted  February  12,  1864. 

LAUGHLIN,  THOMAS — January  n,  1864;  Absent  on  detached  ser 
vice  at  muster  out ;  residing  at  Stewart,  Iowa. 

LOVETT,  THOMAS — January  15,  1864;  deserted  May  29,  1865. 

MEANY,  JOSEPH — January  16,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

MALEY,  HUGH — January  24,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MEAGHER,  PHIUP — January  24,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

MIDDLETON,  EDWARD — January  18,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
F;  date  unknown. 

MORGAN,  WILLIAM  H. — January  20,  1864;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  F ;  date  unknown. 

MAHONEY,  JOHN — January  15,  1864;  deserted  December  i,  1864. 

MICHAEL,  ISAAC  W. — January  22,  1864;  deserted  December  i, 
1864;  dead. 

MOORE,  WILLIAM — January  15,  1864;  deserted  January  28,  1864. 
McAvoY,  JOHN — January  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

McBRiDE,  JOHN — January  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  281 

McCLEARY,  EDWARD — January  n,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,, 
June  22,  1864. 

MCALLISTER,  DAVID — January  n,  1864;  died,  June  20,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in? 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Va. 

NORM  IN,  WILLIAM — January  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

NICHOLS,  THOMAS — January  9,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  April  10,  1865. 

O'BRIEN,  ANDREW — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

PAYNTER,  DAVID — January  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

PHILIPS,  ALFRED — January  18,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Re 
serve  Corps ;  discharged  by  General  Order,  August  9,  1865. 

POWERS,  WILLIAM — January  20,  1864;  deserted  January  30,  1864. 

RiLEY,  PATRICK — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

RILEY,  THOMAS  F. — January  11,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  »  dead. 

RITTENHOUSE,  PETER — February  3, 1864; wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865 ;  dead. 

RICHARDSON,  JOHN — January  15,  1864;  deserted  February  2, 
1865;  returned  February  20,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

RUTH,  ABRAHAM  M. — January  15,  1864;  deserted  May  23,  1864; 
returned  December  6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

REED,  JOEL — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

ROATH,  JACOB  S. — February  9,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
certificate,  February  3,  1865. 


282  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

RUMFORD,  WILLIAM — January  5,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  July  18,  1864;  discharged  by  General  Order,  June 
26,  1865 ;  residing  at  Norristown,  Pa. 

REYNOLDS,  SAMUEL — January  9,  1864;  deserted  March  i,  1864. 
RUDDEN,  CHARLES — October  19,  1864;  deserted  October  20,  1864. 

SMITH,  JOSEPH  H. — January  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

SCHRIVER,  CHARLES — January  16,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SERFASS,  AARON — March  10,  1865 ;  discharged  by  Special  Order, 
May  3,  to  date  March  10,  1865. 

SEIBLER,  RUDOLPH — March  10,  1865 ;  discharged  by  Special 
Order,  May  3,  to  date  March  10,  1865. 

SAXER,  PHILIP — January  18,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F; 
date  unknown. 

SNEER,  GEORGE  W. — February  n,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
F ;  date  unknown. 

SHIELDS,  ALBERT — February  15,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
F ;  date  unknown. 

SNYDER,  JOHN — February  3,  1864;  deserted  June  20,  1865. 
TAYLOR,  WILLIAM — January  u,  1864;  deserted  June  20,  1865. 
TYSON,  DAVID — January  19,  1864;  deserted  January  25,  1864. 

TRACY,  BENJAMIN — October  18,  1864;  deserted  November  4, 
1864. 

VANMEETER,  GEORGE — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

VANHORN,  SAMUEL  B. — January  5,    1864;    deserted    March    2, 
1864. 

WALL,  LEWIS  H. — January  20,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster  out. 

WTOLVERTON,  MAHLON — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  ;  veteran. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  283 

WILLIAMS,  HENRY— January  12,  1864;  transferred  from  8/th  P. 
V.  May  26,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865;  veteran. 

WUNDERLY,  GEORGE— January  16,  1864;  died  June  19,  of  wounds 
received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  on 
Peter  Burchard's  property,  Petersburg,  Va. 

WEST,  ANDREW  H.— January  18,  1864;  deserted  July  2,  1865. 
WIPPED,  JOSEPH— January  15,  1864;  deserted  July  15,  1865. 

COMPANY  F. 

WILLIAM  BARR — Captain;  February  26,  1864;  discharged  on  Sur 
geon's  Certificate,  September  6,  1864. 

JOHN  E.  REILLY — Captain;  February  26,  1864;  promoted  from 
First  Lieutenant,  September  21,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865.  Wounded  June  18,  1864,  but 
did  not  leave  the  field.  Residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  B.  McCAHEN — First  Lieutenant;  February  3,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  First  Sergeant,  October  i,  1864;  discharged 
June  5,  1865. 

JOSEPH  A.  J.  SMILEY — Second  Lieutenant;  March  18,  1864;  re 
signed  May  10,  1864. 

ABRAHAM  J.  RUPP — Second  Lieutenant ;  May  7,  1864 ;  discharged 
by  Special  Order,  September  3,  to  date  May  17,  1864. 

PAUL  E.  COWPER — Second  Lieutenant;  February  13,  1864;  Pr°~ 
moted  from  Sergeant,  September  22,  1864;  commissioned 
First  Lieutenant,  June  6,  1865  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

GIDEON  W.  MYERS — First  Sergeant,  January  5,  1864;  commis 
sioned  Second  Lieutenant  June  6,  1865;  not  mustered; 
mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JACOB  E.  ZIMMERMAN — Sergeant;  February  5,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

ISAAC  T.  SEAL — Sergeant;  January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 


284  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

MATTHEW  JONES — Sergeant;  February  3,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JAMES  S.  GIBBONS — Corporal;  January  15,  1864;  wounded  at 
at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at 
muster  out. 

BENJAMIN  F.  DORNBLASER — Corporal;  January  26,  1864;  mus 
tered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

JOHN  HEFTON — Corporal;  January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

JOSEPH  JOHNSON — Corporal;  January  26,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

AMOS  S.  EASTBURN — Corporal;  February  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAM  MILLER — Corporal;  February  13,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WALTER  P.  PICKER — Corporal;  January  5,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

EUGENE  LENHART — Corporal;  March  22,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Berwick,  Pa. 

JOSEPH  A.  CLARKSON — Musician;  January  5,  1864;  deserted  June 
25,  1865 ;  returned  July  8,  1865  5  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

ROBERT  HARDING — Musician  ;  January  5,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

Privates. 

ALCORN,  ROBERT — February  3,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

ASHWORTH,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

AUSTON,  WILLIAM — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  October  31, 
1864. 

BATTEUX,  PAUL — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  285 

BRITTON,   ZACHARY  T. — February  9,    1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

BILDERBACH,    THOMAS — January    5,    1864;    mustered    out    with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

BLOCKSIDGE,  SYLVESTER — April  5,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BERTRON,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
dated  August  16,  1865. 

BURR,  EDWARD — February  n,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 
date  unknown. 

BARRY,  DAVID — April  8,  1864;  deserted,  May  17,  1864. 

BUCK,  JAMES  F. — February  3,  1864;  never  joined  the  Company. 

BRADLEY,  JAMES — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  June  14,  1865. 

CONNELLY,  PETER — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  wounded  June  8,  1864. 

Cox,  ISAAC — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1864. 

CAMPBELL,  ANDREW — February   n,   1864;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  E ;  date  unknown. 

CLARK,  JAMES — January  26,  1864;  deserted,  January  18,  1865. 

DUFFY,  FRANCIS  X. — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 

DESHAY,  JAMES  W. — February  20,   1864;  discharged  by  special 
order,  dated  August  16,  1865 ;  residing  at  Danville,  Pa. 

DEFRANCIS,  CHARLES — January  26,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

DAGAN,  WILLIAM — February  i,  1864;  died  at  Alexandria,  Va., 
August  8,  1864;  grave  2,529. 

DAMBLEY,  HUGO — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  January  29,  1864. 
DAILY,  FRANCIS — January  5;  1864;  deserted,  June  14,  1865. 
DEAL,  WILLIAM — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  January  7,  1865. 


286  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

EVERHART,  JOHN  W. — February  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Steelton,  Pa. 

EMORY,  PHILIP — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  January  29,  1864. 
EVERLING,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  deserted  June  14,  1865. 

FELTZ,  PETER — January  5,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

FERRY,  JOHN  W. — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FLICK,  CHARLES — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FORD,  CHARLES — February  i,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  December  7,  1864. 

FARMER,  EDWARD — February  8,   1864;  transferred  to  Company 
E  ;  date  unknown  ;  dead. 

FERGUSON,   JOHN — January  29,    1864;   transferred   to   Company 
E ;  date  unknown. 

FOURCE,  JOHN  C. — February  20,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
E ;  date  unknown. 

FOSTER,  ALBIN  H. — February  18,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
E ;  date  unknown. 

FINNIGAN,    PATRICK — February    12,    1864;    deserted;    date   un 
known. 

GORMAN,  JOHN  C. — January  5,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

GOODIN,  JAMES — January  29,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 
date  unknown. 

GILMORE,  ROBERT — January  30,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 
date  unknown. 

GLENN,  WILLIAM — February  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 
date  unknown. 

GOODMAN,  ANDREW — January  5,  1864;  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
March  10,  1864. 

GRIFFITH,  GOMER  R. — February  9,  1864;  deserted,  June  10,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  287 

HANCOCK,  SAMUEL— January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 

HERR,    SAMUEL — April   5,    1864;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

HENDERSON,  JAMES — January  5,  1864;  Mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HUTCHINSON,  Jos.  B.— March  22,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HABEN,  GEORGE— March  22,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HILL,  JACOB — February  9,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F;  date 
unknown. 

HORN,  SAMUEL — February  10,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F; 
date  unknown. 

HARP,  SAMUEL — May  4,  1864;  died  June  19,  of  wounds  received 
at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

HAAS,  CHARLES  J.— February  4,  1864;  deserted,  June  25,  1864; 
dead. 

JOHNSON,   HENRY— September  7,    1864;   discharged  by  general 
order,  July  15,  1865. 

JAMES,  DAVID— February  I,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
1 8,  1864. 

JENKINS,   WILLIAM — January   26,    1864;   deserted,   January   29, 
1864. 

JONES,  HENRY — January  20,  1864;  deserted,  July  i,  1865. 

KELLY,  ANDREW — January  26,   1864;  mustered  out  with   Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

KNOUF,   HEINRICH — January  30,    1864;  transferred  to  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps,  December  2,  1864. 

LABARTH,  JOHN  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

Louis,  WILLIAM — February  2,  1864;  deserted,  February  6,  1864. 


288  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

.LEMKUHL,  JOHN — August  27,  1864;  not  on  muster  out  roll. 

MOORE,  JAMES — January  5,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MORGAN,  WM.  H. — January  20,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

MIDDLETON,  EDWIN — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

MORSE,  NELSON — April  8,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

MURPHY,  WM.  D. — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

MONEGHAN,  JAMES  J. — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  July  21,  1865. 
MILLER,  WILLIAM  A. — March  23,  1865;  deserted,  May  17,  1865. 
MILLER,  HENRY — February  10,  1864;  deserted,  January  23,  1865. 
MCLAUGHLIN,  JAS.  C. — April  8,  1864,  mustered  out  with  Com- 

McLAUGHLiN,  SAMUEL — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  June  23, 
1865. 

NOLAN,  WTILLIAM — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

O'DoNNELL,  MORRIS — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

OSBORN,  ANDREW  P. — January  29,  1864;  deserted,  January  30, 
1864. 

PATTERSON,  GEORGE — February  i,  1864;  deserted,  June  30,  1865; 
returned  July  8,  1865  ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865. 

PURCELL,  WILLIAM  C. — March  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Williamsport,  Pa. 

PHILLIPS,  WM.  M. — March  22,  1865  ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

PARRIZO,  FRANCIS  M. — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  January  30, 
1864. 

PATTON,  RODY — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  January  30,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  289 

PRICE,  JOHN — February  2,  1864;  deserted,  February  6,  1864. 
QUEENAN,  PATRICK — April  8,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

RODEHOFFER,  LEWIS — February  20,  1864;  discharged,  January 
24,  1865,  f°r  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18, 
1864;  residing  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

RIDGEWAY,  MosES  C. — January  29,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  March  24,  1865. 

RITTENHOUSE,  PETER — February  3,  1864;  transferred  to  Company 
E ;  date  unknown. 

ROTH,,  JACOB  S. — February  9,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E, 
date  unknown. 

RISTINE,  JACOB  H. — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  June  23,  1865. 

ROOT,  MATTHEW — February  10,  1864;  deserted,  January  23, 
1865. 

STEWART,  JOSEPH — January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SMITH,  FRANCIS — January  30,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

ScoTT,  ARCHIBALD — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

SHIELDS,  ALBERT — February  15,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SAXER,  PHILIP — January  18,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

SNEER,  GEORGE  W. — February  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home,  Hamp 
ton,  Va. 

SCHOLENDORN,  W.  H. — March  2,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SNOW,  FRANKLIN — March  2,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company; 
residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

STEEL,  EDWARD — February  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 

date  unknown ;  dead. 
16 


HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

SNYDER,  JOHN — February  3,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E; 
date  unknown. 

STOCKMAN,  THOMAS — February  9,  1864;  transferred  to  Com 
pany  E,  date  unknown. 

SIMRELL,  HENRY — April  8,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
September  I,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arling 
ton,  Va. 

SANFORD,  CHARLES — February  2,  1864;  deserted,  February  6, 
1864. 

SiLSBEE,  Louis — April  8,  1864;  deserted,  July  10,  1865. 

THOMAS,  WM.  R. — February  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

TRICE,  CHARLES — April  8,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
dated  July  15,  1865  5  dead. 

THOMPSON,  WILLIAM — February  3,  1864;  Deserted,  February  6, 

1864. 
THORP,  ANDREW  M. — February  9,  1864;  deserted,  December  31, 

1864. 

VANUPER,  ROBERT  W. — February  i,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

WEIDNER,  ALEX. — February  12,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WOODS,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

WILLIAMS,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAMS,  GEORGE  C.— February  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

WECKERT,  GEORGE  W. — January  22,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

WRIGHT,  ALANSON  L.— April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  2QI 

.   WILSON,  EDWARD — February  3,  1864;  deserted,  February  6,  1864. 

WILLIAMS,  LEWIS — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  December  24, 
1864. 

ZIMMERMAN,  JOHN — January  5,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

COMPANY  G. 

W.  HENRY  CARLING — Captain;  May  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

FRANK  J.  DEEMER — First  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa. 

MiLES  M.  BRADFORD — Second  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  mus 
tered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

GEORGE  A.  WOLCOTT — First  Sergeant;  April  7,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  residing  at 
Halstead,  Pa. 

ALBERT  SIMPSON — Sergeant;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Bradford,  Pa. 

STEPHEN  M.  WHITBECK — Sergeant;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

JOHN  W.  MARSHALL — Sergeant;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  died  1899. 

JOHN  S.  JENKINS — Sergeant;  April  7,  1864;  promoted  from  Cor 
poral,  February  6,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Pittston,  Pa. 

CHARLES  J.  BRISTOL — Sergeant ;  April  7,  1864 ;  discharged,  Feb 
ruary  6,  1865,  f°r  wounds  received  in  action. 

LEVI  BENNETT — Corporal ;  April  7,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Waymont,  Pa. 

JAMES  HATTEN — Corporal;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 


292  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

WILLIAM  WEBBER — Corporal;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  dead. 

WILLIAM  H.  DAILY — Corporal;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  residing  at  West  Nanticoke, 
Pa. 

JOHN  G.  JONES — Corporal;  April  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
February  6,  1865  '>  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3 ; 
1865 ;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

FRANK  STANTON — Corporal;  May  17,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  February  19,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Duryea,  Pa. 

JOHN  MONTGOMERY — Corporal;  May  17,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  February  24,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  dead. 

ALBERT  HATTEN — Musician ;  April  7,  1864 ;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
February  24,  1865  5  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

CHARLES  HINES — Musician;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Pittston,  Pa. 

JAMES  M.  WHITMAN — Musician;  April  7,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Lindaville,  Pa. 

Privates. 

ARNOLD,  HENRY — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

AKERLY,  LORSEN — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  i  died  1898. 

ADAMS,  AMOS  H. — April  7,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
May  15,  1865;  residing  at  Chinchilla,  Pa. 

BoswELL,  JOSEPH  O. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  died  1898. 

BENJAMIN,  JAMES  O. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  293 

BRUNDAGE,  HOMER  N. — May  17,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 

BENNETT,  JOSEPH — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Waymart,  Pa. 

BENJAMIN,  ASA — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  August 
6,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  section 
E,  division  2,  grave  153. 

COPELAND,  DAVID  W. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Blue  Springs,  Gage  Co., 
Nebraska. 

CONRAD,  JOHN — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

CLARK,  ANDREW  J. — April  7,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

CLARK,  WILLIAM  M. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  South  Gibson,  Susque- 
hanna  Co.,  Pa. 

CONWAY,  JAMES — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  dead. 

COBB,  SETH  A. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  residing  at  Waverly  Pa. 

CONRAD,  JAMES  M. — April  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  July  n,  1865;  residing  at  Nicholson,  Pa. 

CAMPBELL,  HENRY — April  7,  1864;  discharged,  October  14,  1864; 
for  wounds  received  in  action ;  dead. 

DAVIS,  NATHAN — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

DAVIS,  LAFAYETTE — April  7,  1864;.  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  j  residing  at  Athens,  Jewel  Co.,  Kan. 

DAVIS,  MosES — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Moscow,  Lackawanna  Co.,  Pa. 

DIMMICK,  AMI  D. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  >  residing  at  Onento,  N.  Y. 


294  HISTORY    OF     iSjTH    REGIMENT 

DECKER,  ELIAS  C. — May  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  November  24,  1864;  residing  at  Gulf  Summit, 

N.  Y. 

ECKERSON,  PETER — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Merrill,  Plymouth 
Co.,  Iowa. 

EDWARDS,  JOSEPH  B. — April  7,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  18,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster  out. 

ELY,  JOHN— April  7,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  August 
28,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington,  Va. 

FISK,  HENRY — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Nicholson,  Pa. 

FELTZ,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Wyoming,  Pa. 

FARNAM,  JAMES — April  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Certi 
ficate,  June  17,  1865;  died,  1898. 

FRY,  CORNELIUS— May  7,  1864;  killed  June  18,  1864,  at  Peters 
burg,  Va. 

FELTON,  EVERETT — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
October  5,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arling 
ton,  Va. 

GOODRICH,  MER.  W. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

HENDERSON,  JOHN  E. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  dead. 

HAYDEN,  CHARLES  J. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

HAYDEN,  FRANCIS  F. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Uniondale,  Pa. 

HAYDEN,  HARVEY — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  :  dead. 

HALSTEAD,  ANDREW — April  7,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  295 

HOLLENBACH,  WM. — April  7,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

HITCHCOCK,  H.  B. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

HUGHES,  WM.  J. — April  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  June  17,  1865  ;  dead. 

HALSTEAD,   ANDREW   H. — April   7,    1864;   transferred   to    io8th 

Regt.,  Company ,  Second  Battalion,  V.  R.  C,  October 

22,  1864;  dead. 

HENDERSON,  WM.  H. — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
November  21,  1864. 

HOWARD,  JOHN — April  7,  1864;  died  February  15,  1865. 

JAY,  DOUGLASS  H. — April  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Sergeant  Major, 
May  i,  1865;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

JONES,  CHARLES — April  7,  1864;  died  June  22nd,  of  wounds  re 
ceived  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in  Na 
tional  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Section  E,  Division  2,  Grave 

156. 

KENNEDY,  MART.  V. — April  7,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  residing  at  Dalton,  Pa. 

KENDREW,  CHRIST. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

KIRK,  NORMAN  T. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

KELLY,  MICHAEL — April  7,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
dated  August  16,  1865 ;  Veteran ;  deserted ;  tried  by  Court 
Martial  and  dismissed. 

KENDREW,  JOHN — April  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  June  24,  1865. 

KIDDER,  CHARLES  B. — April  7,  1864;  deserted  June  30,  1864;  re 
siding  at  Philipsburg,  Kans. 

LARRIBEE,  EMERY  B. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 


296  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

LAMPMAN,  GEORGE — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

LAFRANCE,  JOHN — April  7,  1864;  deserted  November  17,  1864; 
returned  April  26,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

MiLLER,  SIDNEY — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  dead. 

MILLER,  HENRY  W. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Kewannee,  Henry  Co.,  111. 

MILLER,  LEVI  W. — April  7,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
July  i,  1865;  dead. 

MARKLEY,  GEORGE — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Madisonville,  Pa. 

MOONEY,  STEPHEN — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  dead. 

MILLARD,  CYRUS  D. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  >  residing  at  Nicholson.  Pa. 

MILLER,  WILLIAM  H. — April  7,  1864;  died  July  n,  1864,  at 
David's  Island,  N.  Y.  harbor. 

MERRILL,  JOSEPH — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Au 
gust  21,  1864. 

McDoNNALD,  BYRON — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  >  dead. 

McCoNNELL,  JAMES — May  17,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

NAUGLE,  MINOR — April  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Espytown,  Pa. 
NAUGLE,  WILLIAM — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865  5  dead. 
OETZEL,  JOHN  G. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 
PECK,  JOHN  C. — April  7,    1864;  mustered  out  with   Company, 

August  3,  1865  J  dead. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY 

PAYNE,  FRANCIS  W.— April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Hopbottom,  Pa. 

RIKER,  NORMAN  D. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  West  Nicholson,  Pa. 

ROSENGRANT,  PERRY — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Glenwood,  Pa. 

ROSE,  ALONZO  A. — April  7,  1864;  deserted  December  5,  1864. 

SAYER,  WILLIAM  B. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Fry  town,  Pa. 

STEWART,  THOMAS  M. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

SEARS,  PHILIP  B. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

SWARTZ,  THOMAS — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  i  dead. 

SEIGLE,  PETER — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Dunmore,  Pa. 

SAYER,  AARON — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  July 
24th,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864; 
buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington. 

TEWKSBERRY,  HENRY — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

TAYLOR,  MILTON — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  dead. 

TOOKER,  DAVID  K. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Merrill,  Plymouth  Co.,  Iowa. 

THORN,  WILLIAM — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

TIFFANY,  ORIN  C—  April  7,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
1 8,  1864. 

VERGASON,  ANSEL— April  7,  1864;  died  at  Reading,  Pa.,  May  7, 
1864. 

WESTCOTT,  JAMES  T. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 


298  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

WESTCOTT,  FREDERICK  M. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Duryea,  Luzerne 
Co.,  Pa. 

WESTCOTT,  GEORGE  W. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Dalesville,  Lackawanna 
Co.,  Pa. 

WESTCOTT,  LYMAN  F. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WESTCOTT,  REUBEN  G. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WALTERS,  MICHAEL — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Halstead,  Pa. 

WASHBURN,  JAMES — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Fallstown,  Pa.,  No 
vember  24,  1864,  of  wounds  received  in  action. 

WRIGHT,  LESTER — April  7,  1864;  died  at  Brooklin,  Pa.,  Novem 
ber  24,  1864. 

WHITE,  JOHN  W. — April  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  July  29,  1865  J  residing  at  Wisner,  Neb. 

YARRINGTON,  GEORGE  E. — April  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  dead. 

COMPANY  H. 

CHAS.  W.  MUTCHLER — Captain;  May  n,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

Lucius  H.  OLMSTEAD — First  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  dis 
charged  May  5,  1865  5  dead. 

CHAS.  F.  FEUERSTINE — First  Lieutenant;  May  7,  1864;  promoted 
from  First  Sergeant  to  Second  Lieutenant,  March  21, 
1865 ;  to  First  Lieutenant,  May  17,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa. 

DANIEL  KELLER — Second  Lieutenant;  January  20,  1864;  dis 
charged  September  2,  1864;  residing  at  National  S.  and  S. 
Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  299 

PORTER  SQUIRES — Second  Lieutenant;  May  7,  1864;  promoted 
from  First  Sergeant,  May  19,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

HARRISON  J.  FICKES — First  Sergeant ;  May  7,  1864 ;  promoted 
from  Sergeant,  May  19,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAM  CLEMENS — Sergeant;  May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

PHILIP  D.  EDWARDS — Sergeant ;  April  8,  1864  ;  promoted  from 
Corporal,  March  24,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

TOBIAS  D.  YODER — Sergeant;  May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

ELDRIDGE  D.  DAVIS— Sergeant ;  May  7,  1864;  promoted  from 
Corporal,  June  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865  5  Veteran. 

GEORGE  DOSCH— Sergeant ;  May  7,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

OLIVER  E.  REYNOLDS— Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  wounded  at 
Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster 
out ;  residing  at  West  Nicholson,  Pa. 

SAMUEL  D.  BORTEL— Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

JOHN  BUTT— Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran. 

JOHN  C.  ALLEN— Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Susque- 
hanna,  Pa. 

CHARLES  STUBBINS— Corporal;  May  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  March  21,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  York,  Pa. 

WM.  H.  SEIDERS— Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
June  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3, 
1865 ;  Veteran. 


3OO  HISTORY  OF  iS/TH  REGIMENT 

WILLIAM  M.  WHITNEY — Corporal;  May  7,  1864;  promoted  to 
Corporal,  June  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au- 
3,  1865. 

ASHER  T.  HINDS — Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
June  i,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

WILLIAM  C.  DIVELY — Corporal ;  May  7,  1864;  discharged  by  Gen 
eral  Order,  May  24,  1865. 

IRA  S.  GORDON — Corporal;  May  7,  1864;  discharged  by  General 
Order,  May  24,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  TORBERT — Corporal;  May  7,  1864;  died  at  Philadel 
phia,  Pa.,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
1 8,  1864. 

Privates. 

ALEXANDER,  H.  B. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 
ANDERSON,  ANDREW — April  6,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  B, 

May  n,  1864. 
BOGNER,   JACOB — May   7,    1864;   mustered   out   with    Company, 

August  3,  1865. 

BEEBES,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BALDWIN,  GEORGE  H. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

BALDWIN,  JONATHAN  M. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

BALDWIN,  JAMES  T. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

BALDWIN,  ROMANUS — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Shanksville,  Pa. 

BERKEY,  ALEX.  J. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Johnstown,  Pa. 

BERKEY,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Hillsdale,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  3OI 

BEAVERSON,  DAVID — May  7,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  18,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster  out;  residing  at 
York,  Pa. 

BALTZER,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  missing  in  action  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

CONRAD,  RUFUS  C. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Glenwood,  Pa. 

CANTEBURY,  GEO.  W. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Scranton,  Pa. 

COLLIER,  JOHN  O. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Loysville,  Pa. 

CUSTER,  LEWIS — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

CONRAD,  HENRY  W. — August  17,  1864;  discharged  by  General 
Order,  July  15,  1865. 

COURTRIGHT,  DANIEL — May  7,  1864;  died  at  Alexandria,  Va., 
July  n,  1864;  Grave  2,380. 

DUNN,  GEORGE  M. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

DELLINGER,  JONATHAN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

DINGS,  SMITH— April  4,  1864;  died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  August 
7,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Section 
A,  Division  2,  Grave  90. 

DERR,  RICHARD  W.— May  7,  1864 ;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Oc 
tober  5,  1864;  burial  record,  December  i,  1864. 

FLETCHER,  JOSEPH  B.— May  7,  1864;  deserted  June  I,  1864;  re 
turned  April  27,  1865 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

FRITZ,  SAMUEL— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

FLEGLE,  JEREMIAH— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 


302  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

FINNECY,  FRANKLIN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Shanksville,  Pa. 

Fox,  WILLIAM  E. — May  7,  1864;  deserted  August  20,  1864. 

GARDNER,  BARNEY  A. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GLESSNER,  CHARLES — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

GOODLIN,  WM.  O. — May  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  December  27,  1864. 

HIPPLE,  BENJAMIN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

HASS,  SIMON — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

HOPPER,  JOSEPH — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HUNT,  JOHN  L. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

HALL,  WILLIAM  S. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HARTMAN,  JOHN  H. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HARTMAN,  JEREMIAH — May  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  February  20,  1865. 

IRELEY,  SAMUEL — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Middletown,  Pa. 

JOHNSON,  WILLIAM — May  7,  1864 ;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  May  6,  1865. 

KEENE,  CONRAD — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

LEESE,  LEVI — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865;  Veteran. 

LEHR,  PHILIP — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  303 

LAUER,  BENJAMIN— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

LEHMAN,  HENRY  J. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Hooverstown,  Pa. 

LAPE,  HERMAN  W. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Berlin,  Pa. 

MEILY,  JOHN  H.— May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

MILLER,   LOREN — May   7,    1864;   mustered   out  with   Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MILLER,  WILLIAM  H. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

MARTIN,   ADAM — May   7,    1864;   mustered   out   with   Company, 
August  3,  1865  >  Veteran. 

MILLER,  CHARLES — May  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  February  26,  1865. 

MUMMA,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October 
n,  1864. 

McREYNOLDS,  AND.  J. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

McCoRD,  THOMAS  B. — May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

McGiNLEY,  JOHN  H. — May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

NICHOLAS,  GEORGE — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Nicholson,  Pa. 

NAGLE,  JACKSON— May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

OLEWILER,  CHRISTOPHER— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

PECK,  CHARLES  L.— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 


304  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

POWELL,  JACOB  D. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

PYLE,  DAVID — April  6,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  B,  May  n, 
1864. 

PYLE,  ABRAHAM  L. — April  6,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  B, 
May  n,  1864. 

ROSENBERGER,  JNO.  J. — April  1 6,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

REAM,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Shanksville,  Pa. 

RINGLER,  JEFFERSON — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

REED,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 

3-  1865. 
REYNOLDS,  JOHN — May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 

REYNOLDS,  ALBERT  G. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  West  Nichol 
son,  Pa. 

REYNOLDS,  WM.  N. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Tunkhannock,  Pa. 

REYNOLDS,  Jos.  W. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

RYNEARSON,  CORNELIUS — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Carbondale,  Pa. 

RUPP,  ABRAHAM  J. — May  7,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F, 
May  n,  1864. 

ROLLS,  PETER  G. — May  7,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  February  26,  1865. 

STOUT,  OLIVER — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

SMITH,  TRUXTON — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  305 

STEVENS,  EBENEZER  M.— May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

STEDG,  LEVI — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company  August 
3,  1865. 

SMITH,  JOHN  L. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SKILES,  JAMES— May  7,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
18,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  January 
7,  1865;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Certificate,  September 
12,  1865. 

SHANK,  CHARLES — March  25,  1864;  absent,  sick,  at  muster  out; 
Veteran ;  residing  at  Shanksville,  Pa. 

SEIDERS,  ISRAEL — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  died  May  3,  1904. 

SEIDERS,  JOSEPH — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

SPANGLER,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

STEVENS,  HENRY — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SMITH,  FRANK — May  7,  1864;  promoted  to  Quartermaster  Ser 
geant,  May  n,  1864. 

SWANGER,  JOHN  W. — May  7,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  Sep 
tember,  1864;  burial  record,  September  12,  1864,  buried 
in  Poplar  Grove  National  Cemetery,  Petersburg,  Division 
C,  Section  D,  Grave  55. 

SHENBERGER,  HENRY — May  7,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  Sep 
tember  7,  1864. 

TITUS,  ROBERT  C. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

TROUP,  JACOB  E. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

TORBET,   WM.   H. — April  6,   1864;  transferred  to  Company  B, 

May  n,  1864. 
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306  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

TOBRET,  ISAAC  W. — April  6,   1864;  transferred  to  Company  B, 
May  n,  1864. 

TIFFANY,  CURTIS  W. — May  7,  1864;  died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  July 
29,  1864. 

WHITNEY,  EBENEZER  B. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Hopbottom,  Pa. 

WILLIAMS,  HENRY — May  7,  1864;  wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  18,  1864;  absent  at  muster  out. 

WILSON,  JACOB — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

WOLF,  HENRY  J. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WHITEBECK,   M.   D. — May   7,    1864;   mustered   out  with   Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WOLFORD,  JOHN — May  7,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WOY,  JOHN — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Johnstown,  Pa. 

WILL,  DANIEL — March  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

WAILS,  THOMAS  W. — April  I,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  B, 
May  n,  1864. 

WHITING,  HENRY  S. — May  7,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
July  5,  1864. 

WILL,  BENJAMIN  F. — March  31,  1864;  died  at  Petersburg,  Va., 
July  28,  1864  J  buried  at  City  Point. 

WHITNEY,  ORANGE  P. — May  7,  1864;  missing  in  action  at  Peters 
burg,  Va.,  August  21,  1864. 

ZEIGLER,  JOHN  A. — May  7,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  307 

COMPANY  I. 

THOMAS  E.  LITTLE— Captain ;  July  9,  1863;  discharged  by  Spe 
cial  Order,  September  23,  1864. 

RANSFORD  B.  WEBB — Captain  ;  May  1 1,  1864 ;  promoted  from  Sec 
ond  Lieutenant,  February  6,  1865;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

SILAS  B.  CARMER — First  Lieutenant;  May  n,  1864;  discharged 
by  Special  Order,  September  23,  1864;  died  February  2, 
19x34. 

MONROE  P.  CROSBY — First  Lieutenant;  May  11,  1864;  promoted 
from  First  Sergeant,  February  10,  1865  J  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  dead. 

WILLIAM  E.  ZINN — Second  Lieutenant;  February  10,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  Sergeant  Major,  March  29,  1865;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865  J  died  1904. 

JOHN  A.  STEEL — First  Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  from 
Sergeant,  February  24,  1865  5  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

JEROME  B.  STARRY — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  dead. 

MERRITT  J.  COLE — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Windham,  Pa. 

GEORGE  W.  RICE — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

HIRAM  H.  NICKERSON — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  from 
Corporal,  February  24,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BENJAMIN  F.  McKiNNEY— Corporal ;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Sayer,  Pa. 

STEPHEN  V.  MARTIN— Corporal ;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

HORACE  W.  PERKINS— Corporal ;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 


3O8  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

WILLIAM  H.  Huss — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

MELVIN  R.  HEATH — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

SPENCER  CRITTENDEN — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865  >'  residing  at  Wellsboro,  Pa. 

COLLEY  SHRIVER — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
February  24,  1865  5  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865. 

JAMES  W.  BYERS — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg, 
Va.,  June  18,  1864. 

ALBERT  F.  PACKARD — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Sur 
geon's  Certificate,  July  23,  1865 ;  residing  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

OSCAR  F.  GANDY — Musician;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran  ;  died  January  18,  1904. 

JOHN  M.  HIRST — Musician;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

Privates. 

AYRES,  GEORGE — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

AITCHER,  JEREMIAH — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ASHENFELTER,  GEO.  N.— May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps,  March  2,  1865 ;  dead. 

BATY,  JOHN— May  4,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 
BROWN,  WILLIAM— May  4,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

BOWLES,  JOHN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

BEST,  CHARLES  W.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  309 

BOYLES,  ROBERT  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

BEECHER,  JACOB — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BROSIOUS,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BITNER,  JOHN  C. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BAUSMAN,  ALBERT — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BALL,  GUY  D. — May  4,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18, 
1864. 

BALFOUR,  ALBERT  C. — May  4,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va.,  June 
25,  1864. 

BAUSMAN,  LEWIS  J. — May  4,  1864;  died  November  27,  1864; 
burial  record,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  17,  1864. 

BORDMAN,  VERUS  N.— May  4,  1864;  died  August  14,  1864;  burial 
record  at  Beverly,  New  Jersey,  August  17,  1864. 

BROWN,  JAMES — May  4,  1864;  died  October  5,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  Alexandria,  Va.,  Grave  2,732. 

COLE,  HALEY — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865. 

CARMER,  THOMAS  L.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Athens,  Pa. 

CLARRY,  SAMUEL— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CARMER,  ALBERT— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Athens,  Pa. 

CHAPPEL,  JOHN  C.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CARPENTER,  IRA  D.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


3IO  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

CARPENTER,  DANIEL  R. — May  4,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at 
muster  out. 

GARY,  DANIEL  D. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CAMPBELL,  JOEL — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CROWLEY,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  March  21,  1865. 

CHRISTIAN,  PHILIP  T. — May  4,  1864;  drowned  May  27,  1864. 
CUMMINGS,  MICHAEL — March  31,  1864;  deserted  April  15,  1864. 

CHASE,  DAVID  G. — May  4,  1864;  deserted  May  20,  1864. 

DIMMICK,  GEO.  W. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  >*  residing  at  Ansonia,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 

DECHARD,  JACOB  R. — May  4,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster 
out;  residing  at  S.  and  S.  Home,  Erie,  Pa. 

DARLING,  HENRY — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

DENSEL,  LEVI — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

EVERITT,  CHAS.  G.  W. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate,  June  20,  1865. 

FORD,  JEROME  B. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FORD,  JAMES  C. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

Fox,  JAMES  R. — May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  33,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

FORREST,  ASA  B. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

FORREST,  JOSEPH  C. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  January  16,  1865. 

GRANDY,  NOAH  E. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  3!  I 

GLADDING,  SAMUEL— May  4,  1864;  absent  in  hospital  at  muster 
out. 

GEIGER,  GEORGE  W. — May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Mahanoy  City,  Pa. 

HARSH,  CORNELIUS— May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  General  Order, 
July  8,  1865  ;  residing  at  Waverly,  N.  Y. 

HARRIS,  TRUMAN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

HOWLAND,  RICHARD  M. — March  25,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran. 

HASSEL,  LEWIS — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  >'  residing  at  Mahanoy  City,  Pa. 

HAYDON,  THOMAS — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HAUGHEY,  JAMES — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

HOOVER,  DANIEL — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate,  July  23,  1865. 

HARSH,  SYLVESTER — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  General  Order, 
June  19,  1865. 

HURST,  LEVI — May  4,  1864;  died  at  New  York,  July  28,  1864,  of 
wounds  received  in  action  ;  buried  in  Cypress  Hill  Ceme 
tery,  L.  I. 

KELLER,  CHAS.  A.  F. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

KOHLER,  JACOB — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  Au 
gust  3,  1865;  residing  at  Bowmansdale,  Pa. 

LAYTON,  THOMAS  W. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  'j  residing  at  Ulster,  Pa. 

LONDON,  ROBERT — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

LANDIS,  AARON  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company. 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


312  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

LEWIS,  WM.  H.  H. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  Veteran ;  at  National  Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 
Home,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

LANDY,  JOHN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 

3,  1865. 
MARKLEY,  TAYLOR — May  4,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

MERRIL,  NEHEMIAH  N. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Chatham's  Run,  Pa. 

MAUK,  OWEN  E. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Allentown,  Pa. 

MILLER,  WILLIAM  W. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  y  residing  at  North  Rome,  Pa. 

MORTH,  FRANK — March  31,  1864;  deserted,  April  15,  1864. 

McBRAiTY,  CHARLES — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

McCoSH,  JOHN  W. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

PARK,  NICHOLAS — May  4,  1864;  died,  August  5,  1864;  buried  in 

Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I. ;  grave  1,518. 
PEGG,  JAMES  W. — May  4,  1864;  deserted,  January  2,  1865. 

RICHARDS,  WILLIAM  E. — May  4,  1864;  discharged,  June  8,  1865; 
expiration  of  term. 

SHELTON,  ROBERT  G. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SHEIVELY,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

STONE,  DWIGHT  F. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
May  24,  1865. 

SMITH,  CHARLES  E. — May  4,  1864;  died  July  20,  1864. 

SAUDERS,  ROBERT — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
June  15,  1865. 

STEEL,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  died  July,  23,  1864;  burial 
record,  June  27,  1864. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  313 

VANSICE,  ANDREW— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Athens,  Pa. 

VOSBURGH,  THOS.  L.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

VIALL,  FRANCIS— May  4,  1864;  absent  in  Hospital  at  muster  out. 

VIALL,  GEORGE— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

VERNER,  GILES  F.— May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
May  25,  1865. 

WINEGATE,  MOSES— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WARBURTON,  JAMES  A.— May,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 
July  23,  1865. 

WALKER,  WILLIAM  T.— May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Re 
serve  Corps,  December  23,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  August  I,  1865;  residing  at  Oakville,  Cumberland 
Co.,  Pa. 

COMPANY  K. 

GEORGE  G.  LOVETT — Captain ;  February  26,  1864 ;  promoted  from 
Second  Lieutenant,  Company  C,  May  n,  1864;  discharged; 
restored  to  rank  by  special  act  of  Congress,  June  3,  1904; 
died  January  I,  1905. 

ALEX.  BLACKBURN — First  Lieutenant;  May  11,  1864;  mustered 
out  with  Company;  August  3,  1865. 

GEORGE  S.  WALKER — Second  Lieutenant;  April  12,  1864;  pro 
moted  from  First  Sergeant,  January  I,  1865 ;  mustered  out 
with  Company,  August  3,  1865;  wounded,  June  18,  1864; 
residing  at  Tioga,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 

LUCEAN  BOTHWELL — First  Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to 
First  Sergeant,  January  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 >  Veteran. 

THOMAS  RAMSEY — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 


314  HISTORY  OF  I87TH  REGIMENT 

CHARLES  WESLEY — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  5  Veteran. 

SAMUEL  HOOK — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to  Sergeant, 
January  I,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3, 
1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Altoona,  Pa. 

GEORGE  DOAN — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to  Sergeant, 
January  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3, 
1865 ;  residing  at  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

ISAAC  B.  BOWSER — Sergeant;  May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Sur 
geon's  Certificate ;  date  unknown ;  Pennsylvania  Soldiers' 
and  Sailors'  Home,  Erie,  Pa. 

WILLIAM  LEWARS — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

PHILIP  CARMAN — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865;  Veteran;  residing  at  Mountain- 
dale,  Pa. 

JAY  WHITEHEAD — Corporal;  May  4.  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Canton,  Pa. 

STEPHEN  SAWYER — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865  '>  Veteran. 

JOHN  J.  HOWLAND — Corporal ;  May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

JOHN  DUNN — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to  Corporal, 
May  i,  1865  J  mustered  out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865. 

DEWITT  C.  JOHNSON — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  promoted  to  Cor 
poral,  July  i,  1865;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865  >'  residing  at  Lock  Haven,  Pa. 

EDWIN  RODGERS — Corporal;  May  4,  1864;  rqustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865. 

SAMUEL  LOURY — Musician;  May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with 
Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Lock  Haven,  Pa. 

Privates. 

AMERMAN,  O.  V. — May  4,  1864;  killed  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June 
18,  1864;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Va., 
section  E,  division  I,  grave  26. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER   INFANTRY  315 

AUSTIN,  JEREMIAH— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Ogdenburg,  Pa. 

BACON,  LEANDER— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

BALTOWSER,  ZACH.  T.— May  13,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate;  date  unknown;  residing  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

BELL,  WILLIAM  J.— May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  A, 
May  n,  1864. 

BowERS,  ADAM— May  4,  1864;  died  August  8,  1864;  buried  in 
Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I. 

BOYD,  JAMES— May  4,  1864;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  July  18, 
1864,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18, 
1864 ;  buried  in  National  Cemetery,  Arlington. 

BARKER,  PRESCOTT — May  4,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
December  8,  1864. 

CASE,  ALEXANDER  E. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

COLLINS,  SAMUEL  P. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

CREE,  JOHN  A. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

COBAUGH,  JACOB  B. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CONNELL,  JOHN  C. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CULP,  HENRY — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CAMPBELL,  JOHN  J. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

CORTWRIGHT,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

Cox,  ISAAC — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F,  May  11, 
1864. 


3l6  HISTORY    OF    iS/TH    REGIMENT 

CARSON,  ALEXANDER — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E, 
May  10,  1864. 

CHESTNUT,  WILLIAM — January  5,  1864;  deserted,  December  i, 
1864. 

DANN,  ANSON — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865.. 

DISHONG,  PAUL — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

DAVIS,  THOMAS  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

DISHONG,  NOAH  A. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
May  3,  1865. 

DOANE,  EDWARD — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order; 
date  unknown;  residing  at  Mansfield,  Pa. 

EVANS,  JACOB — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ELLIS,  CHARLES  B. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FIGART,  BENJAMIN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

FRY,  DANIEL — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company,  August 
3,  1865. 

FULTON,  PATRICK  P. — March  30,  1864;  never  joined  the  Com 
pany. 

GEITER,  WINFIELD  S. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

GRAFIUS,  GEORGE — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Williamsport,  Pa. 

GRAVES,  THOMAS — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

GARRISON,  WILLIAM — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Alberts,  Pa. 

GARMAN,  ADAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Mountaindale,  Pa. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  317 

GREEN,  NATHANIEL  P. — April  8,  1864 ;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate;  date  unknown. 

GEITER,  CHRISTIAN — September  5,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  July  15,  1865. 

GARDENER,  JOHNSON — April  4,  1864;  deserted,  April  27,  1864. 
GOETCHIUS,  HIRAM  D. — May  4,  1864;  deserted,  October  20,  1864. 

HOLLEN,  JOSEPH  R. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Mountaindale,  Pa. 

HOPKINS,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 
HARTMAN,  JOHN— May  4,   1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865  '*  Veteran. 
HAMILTON,  WILLIAM — May  4,   1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 

Certificate ;  date  unknown. 

HARP,  SAMUEL — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F,  May 

n,  1864. 
JONES,  JOHN  J. — May  4,    1864;  mustered  out  with   Company, 

August  3,  1865. 

KENNELLY,  DANIEL — May  10,    1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

KENNELLY,  JAMES — May  10,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865. 
KUHN,  GEORGE  W.— May  10,  1864;  discharged  by  special  order, 

July  3,  1865. 
KRISHER,  BENJ.  F.— May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  E, 

May  10,  1864;  residing  near  Dayton,  Ohio. 
KNICHT,  FREDERICK— May  10,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  August 

11,  1864,  of  wounds  received  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18, 

1864;  burial  record,  August  2,  1864. 
LOUDER,  EMANUEL— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 

August  3,  1865  ;  residing  at  Mountaindale,  Pa. 
LOVELL,  WILLIAM  N.— May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 


318  HISTORY    OF    I87TH    REGIMENT 

LENIG,  JOSIAH — May  4,  1864;  died  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Septem 
ber  20,  1865. 

LEAMAN,  JOSEPH — April  12,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

LABARTH,  JOHN  M. — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  F, 
May  n,  1864. 

LEAMAN,  JAMES — April  12,  1864;  deserted,  April  27,  1864. 
LEWIS.,  JOHN — March  30,  1864;  never  joined  Company. 

MYERS,  BENJAMIN  F. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Mountaindale,  Pa. 

MALANOPY,  JOHN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MILLER,  JACOB  B. — April  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MORGAN,  WILLIAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran. 

MINNICH,  JOHN  W. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  J  residing  at  Dillville,  Pa. 

MILLER,  HIRAM — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MEAD,  DANIEL  D. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate  ;  date  unknown. 

McELHOSE,  AMER — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

MCDONALD,  PHILIP  C. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

McCARTY,  JOHN — April  i,  1864;  never  joined  the  Company. 

O'BRIEN,  JOSEPH — May  4,  1864  J  deserted  ;  returned ;  mustered 
out  with  Company,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Fostoria, 
Iowa. 

PAULHAMUS,  S.  W. — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Re 
serve  Corps,  September  25,  1864;  discharged  by  general 
order,  December  4,  1865. 


PENNSYLVANIA   VOLUNTEER    INFANTRY  319 

REESE,  THOMAS  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

ROWLAND,  ELIAS — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

RODGERS,  BENJAMIN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

RHODES,  CORNELIUS — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865;  residing  at  Duncannon,  Pa.,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  I. 

Ross,  JOSEPH — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  ;  Veteran. 

SIMPSON,  SAMUEL — May  4,  1864;  discharged  by  general  order, 
July  31,  1865. 

SPAULDING,  W.  W. — May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SEELY,  MALVIN  H. — May  4,  1864  ;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

SPENCER,  WEBSTER — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Canton,  Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 

SWENK,  HENRY — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

SOWERS,  WILLIAM  H. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

SMITH,  PHILIP — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

STARK,  CHAUNCEY — April  19,  1864;  absent,  sick  at  muster  out. 

SHEARER,  THOS.  L.  G. — May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's 
Certificate;  date  unknown. 

SPARE,  ABRAM — May  4,  1864;  discharged;  date  unknown. 

SWERGER,  NICHOLAS — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  A, 
May  n,  1864. 

SCOTT,  ROBERT — May  4,  1864;  died  August  8,  1864. 

STRONG,  SAMUEL  W. — May  4,  1864;  deserted,  January  10,  1865. 


320  HISTORY    OF    l87TH    REGIMENT 

SPADE,  GEORGE  P. — May  4,  1864;  deserted,  January  10,  1865. 
SEARFOSS,  DAVID — April  18,  1864;  deserted,  July  2,  1865. 

TITMAN,  JACOB — April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

THOMAS,  FREDERICK  M. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  residing  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

TRAVIS,  JOHN  J. — May  4,  1864;  transferred  to  Company  A,  May 
n,  1864. 

ULMER,  JOSEPH  B. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

VERGUSON,  NEWELL  J. — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865 ;  Veteran. 

WORDEN,  CLARK  V. — May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WARFIELD,  THOMAS — May  4,  1864 ;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WESLEY,  DANIEL — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WEIDLEY,  FREDERICK — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Com 
pany,  August  3,  1865. 

WEAVER,  JOHN — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865  5  residing  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

WISSINGER,  ISAAC — May  4,  1864;  mustered  out  with  Company, 
August  3,  1865. 

WESLEY,  MICHAEL— -May  4,  1864;  discharged  on  Surgeon's  Cer 
tificate;  date  unknown. 

WOOLHEATER,  ANNAS — May  4,  1864;  died,  June,  of  wounds  re- 
ceceived  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  18,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point. 

WALLACE,  WILLIAM  E. — May  4,  1864;  died  at  City  Point,  Va., 
August  10,  1864. 

WALLACE,  JOHN  V. — May  4,  1864;  died  January  19,  1865. 

YODER,  DANIEL — May  4,  1864;  died  July  3,  1864;  buried  in 
National  Cemetery,  City  Point,  Va. 


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